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WinMX Free P2P File Sharing Client

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System Requirements:

  • 64 MB or greater RAM
  • Live Internet connection
  • Windows 98 or newer Microsoft Windows operating system

P2P Networks Supported:

    WinMX closed network

Default Network Ports:

    TCP port 6699 and UDP port 6257 to connect to other users on the WinMX network

Network Protocols:

    WinMX Peer Networking Protocol (WPNP)

Administrative Network Settings:

  • Bandwidth - Incoming and outgoing bandwidth throttles (settings keyed in units of bytes per second)
  • Queueing - maximum uploads and downloads, total and per user
  • Auto Find Source and Auto Enter Queue settings to control timing of file searches and auto-queueing of matches

Other Network Features:

  • Multi-sourced downloads
  • Chat capability

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