When starting the updater, after a few seconds I get the error message:
Update failed... Please check your connection, Anti-Virus and Firewall settings!
I'm very sure none of the above are the issue.
I tried starting the app with the not-up-to-date mode, but then I see no active games.
I've been playing RA1 over CNCNET for over 2 years now.
Afterwards I tried downloading the installer, but seems like there's either a DNS misconfiguration or the server is actually offline.
http://downloads.cncnet.org/RedAlert1_Online_Installer.exe
Chrome says "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED", and prior to that it said "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED".
BTW in Chrome, the download link "Download & Play" on the page "http://cncnet.org/red-alert" is broken, however it works in Firefox.