After the transfers start, each has the option of selecting bandwidth for the other to make sure both transfers end more or less at the same time. Users could negotiate an exchange of their files with the help of the short messaging system or chat.
The WinMX program houses a few built-in features such as bandwidth monitoring, short messaging, and hosting chatrooms and functions as an OpenNap client.
Frontcode Technologies had operated several peer cache servers to aid WPNP network operation.ĭownloads can be very fast for popular songs since the user can run a 'multi-point download' that simultaneously downloads the same file in small pieces from several users. WinMX began its life as an OpenNAP client capable of connecting to several servers simultaneously.įrontcode Technologies later created a proprietary protocol, termed WinMX Peer Network Protocol ( WPNP), which was used starting with WinMX 2 in May 2001.
