Forgot to say. IBM is not using DosBox.

I believe that's not possible. You should make sure both machines use dosbox since the network is virtual and only exists within dosbox.

I think that ipx is emulated through tcp/ip. the ipxnet connection can only be emulated using a tcp/ip internet (or lan) connection and that way you can use ipx.

I could be somewhat wrong, though I'm pretty sure both computers must use dosbox in order to join the network.

Or you can search for a network driver for your card somewhere and use a real network, if that's an option for you.

I'm sure I've read a guide for this, but I can't remember where I found it. Possibly on this board, or maybe even in a readme file that comes with dosbox, can't remember.

I have tried to use DosBox on IBM but it's too much. I get the game loaded but it disconnects when I'm about to join a game server. Sometimes even freezes the whole computer.

So, any ideas what should I do?

Give up and find the Battle.net edition?

Roger that.

If you're still having problems, try various network card drivers for dos.

I had crashes when i was trying to connect 2 computers to play slipstream 5000 in dos, also using ipx.

I installed an older network driver and that solved my problem.
It might be a similar problem so you could give it a try.

Anyother solutions, or fixes?

I've constantly heard reports from people having trouble connecting via IPX between 2k/XP and Windows 9x....even IPX for games between 2k/xp and 2k/xp is pretty shaky. Either use Windows 98 on the host for both or use emulation, dosbox/VPC/Vmware.