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Fix the ipxwrapper link & added some formatting to pass the 6 char bar.
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In order to play older games, like Red Alert, via LAN connections on newer operating systems you'll need to emulate IPX connections between the machines. ThereThere are a few ways to accomplish this.

For dosDOS games you're in luck as DosBox comes with this support natively. SimplySimply start the ipx server on one machine ipxnet startserver [UDP port] and then connect to it on the rest of the machines ipxnet connect <IP> [UDP port]

For windowsWindows based games you can use something like Kali which will give you a fairly robust interface, or something like ipxemu or ipxwrapperipxwrapper which will trick the games into thinking they are connected via IPX.

In order to play older games, like Red Alert, via LAN connections on newer operating systems you'll need to emulate IPX connections between the machines. There are a few ways to accomplish this.

For dos games you're in luck as DosBox comes with this support natively. Simply start the ipx server on one machine ipxnet startserver [UDP port] and then connect to it on the rest of the machines ipxnet connect <IP> [UDP port]

For windows based games you can use something like Kali which will give you a fairly robust interface, or something like ipxemu or ipxwrapper which will trick the games into thinking they are connected via IPX.

In order to play older games, like Red Alert, via LAN connections on newer operating systems you'll need to emulate IPX connections between the machines. There are a few ways to accomplish this.

For DOS games you're in luck as DosBox comes with this support natively. Simply start the ipx server on one machine ipxnet startserver [UDP port] and then connect to it on the rest of the machines ipxnet connect <IP> [UDP port]

For Windows based games you can use something like Kali which will give you a fairly robust interface, or something like ipxemu or ipxwrapper which will trick the games into thinking they are connected via IPX.

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In order to play older games, like Red Alert, via LAN connections on newer operating systems you'll need to emulate IPX connections between the machines. There are a few ways to accomplish this.

For dos games you're in luck as DosBox comes with this support natively. Simply start the ipx server on one machine ipxnet startserver [UDP port] and then connect to it on the rest of the machines ipxnet connect <IP> [UDP port]

For windows based games you can use something like Kali which will give you a fairly robust interface, or something like ipxemu or ipxwrapper which will trick the games into thinking they are connected via IPX.