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First post, by TorchPR

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Hey there, I just recently discovered DOSBox and am loving it. I have played a few games and was wanting to play Jagged Alliance - Deadly Games with my brother. I read through the guides on how to do this but can't get it to work. Sorry if I sound like a newb but does the IPX Tunneling actually work as a real network? My brother is in the next room we're hooked through a linksys hub. I have been able to start the IPXNET server in one DOSBox window, then I can open another and connect to it, but its on the same computer. When I try to connect to the IPXNET server on my computer from my brother's it just says that it failed to connect. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Reply 1 of 2, by Guest

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The IPX feature, just like the modem and serial cables ones do, fakes the game into thinking you have IPX.

After all, DOSBox is an emulator. It's just like how a Nintendo emulator fakes games into thinking you really have a Nintendo joystick plugged in your computer, but then uses standard keyboard.

Maybe they should really call these things "Fake IPX", etc. to stop these endless questions ("can I use my real 1990's modem?!")...

The IPX feature really uses standard TCP/IP.

If you have a firewall, you must approve its
2 ports or DOSBox itself.
For example, XP SP2's built in firewall would automatically ask you to unblock DOSBox itself once you launch "ipxnet" for the first time.

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