Hosting a channel with WinMX

First you have to be set as a Broadband connection, no 56k.You also have to have a primary connection to WPN (WinMX Peer Network). You will also need a processor faster than 266Mhz, but WinMX does include a override button, do it at your own risk, hosting can chew up resources quick

On the WinMX Peer Network List Channel window, below the list channel button you will see a Host New Channel button. Click it and Enter the name you wish.

You may also be interested in being able to assign admin status to other users if so Click here for more info

Basic Host options

/kick ... Kicks a user out of the room.

/kickban ... Kicks and bans a user from room.(Will not carry over on a redirect)

/ban ... bans a user without kicking they won't be able to return after leaving).

/unban ... Removes the ban on the user while user is still in room.

/listbans ... Lists all banned users from the room.

/clearbans ... Clears banned users list.

/redirect ... Attempts to relocate your channel to another user . The room is then controlled by the user it was redirected to. banned user lists will not carry over

/topic ... Allows you to set the channel topic. (The Topic seen in WinMX channel list)

/limit ... Allows you to specify a limit on the amount of people the room will allow.

/setmotd ... Sets a 'Message Of The Day' that users see when entering your chat room.

/clear ... Clears all users from the room.

If you have an inability to Host.

If you have trouble going primary and are behind a router, Go Here (remote site)

Unable to host a channel after port forwarding? you may have a loopback problem,

There is a solution in the RCMS configuration file (If you are running RCMS)

Open RCMSConf.txt (in your WinMX folder if you are running RCMS) and look for what is in orange below.

[Loopback]YourAddress=Add your IP address here, not your routers address.

After adding your ip address to the location show, restart WinMX and try to host again. It is worthy to note that a domain name, or redirector such as no-ip.com can be used as a substitute for actual ip address. This can be valuable for users with a dynamic IP.

1. Simply set up a free account with NO-IP.

2. Add a host name to your no-ip account.

3. Get a free redirect client from here and run it on your computer at all times, this will automatically update the no-ip servers when your ip changes.