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Ok I have a home network of two computers (XP Pro and 98.) on TCP/IP. Anyway I mainly play games across it and the other day I discovered my copy of Warcraft 2 can be played over the network. The problem is, the only options it gives my is
Direct Connect
Modem
IPX
I've ruled out everything except IPX. How do I set this up on both computers, and will it affect ICS and general file and Print Sharing?
IPX is just an older alternative to TCP. A lot of older games use it. IPX is incredibly easy to set up and use, much easier than TCP/IP. What you need to do is:
Go to your network settings where the different protocols are listed. Click the add button, and find the IPX protocol in the list. I don't quite remember how this looks exactly, you may have to look under a 'Standard' or 'Default' or 'Microsoft' section.
Install IPX just like that on both computers.
That's it, the game should work :) You start a game on one computer which becomes the host, and the other machine should be able to see that game running and connect to it.
Oh, and no, nothing should break. Everything else should work fine.
Well... I tried installing it on both machines, but both have different names for it and I installed what looked like IPX.... but I ended up losing my network connection.... for awhile :D
I think it's usually listed as IPX/SPX in the list of protocols you can install.