The way you describe it it should work, but you can try this client:
http://fodev.net/forum/index.php/topic,22146.0.html
(I tried the client but I could not get it working.
I really want to play this but I cant get it working.
I think that I might be not be connected to the right server because I cant update or log in the server it says I am connected to is
(94.23.237.127) Is this right?
If I can get this working then I will Donate or something because I really want to play more fallout and if I can get this working I would pay for it in donations.)
never mind I found out the right server code and updated but now it says datafiles2238.cfg not found run updater exe.
but when I update it says no update required before it said could not save data then it said that it was done updating the config or something now it says no update so I just dont know .(you can read up above to know what I did before)
I dont have the file It says I have missing but when I run the normal updater it says no updates but theare is nothing called updater.exe so I dont know.
so I have no idea what to do or how to get the missing file back.
thanks!