From 46255d75f549f816de91a5986daec24ccf4400c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Collins Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:17:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme. --- readme.txt | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt index 11d6395..3ee5948 100644 --- a/readme.txt +++ b/readme.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ -- LICENSE -- -Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Daniel Collins +Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Daniel Collins Read license.txt for licensing terms. -- INTRODUCTION -- @@ -14,8 +14,35 @@ mswsock.dll to the directory containing your legacy program. DO NOT REPLACE THE WINSOCK DLLS THAT ARE IN YOUR WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 DIRECTORY AS THIS WILL BREAK ALL NETWORKING SOFTWARE ON YOUR SYSTEM! -Software using IPXWrapper can't contact machines that are using the real IPX -protocol, all systems must use IPXWrapper or the IPX protocol. +Software using IPXWrapper can't communicate with software that is using the real +IPX protocol and vice-versa. + +-- CONFIGURATION -- + +The ipxconfig program may be used to set additional options, in most cases this is +unnecessary and the default options will work fine. All options are stored in the +registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IPXWrapper. + +Interface settings: + +IPX network number - If you don't know what this is, the default will be fine +IPX node number - Address of the host, defaults to the MAC address of the card +Enable interface - Sets whether IPX will be emulated for this interface +Make primary interface - Forces this interface to be the first one in the adapter list + +Global settings: + +UDP port - UDP port number to use for tunneling IPX packets. Everyone must + use the same port number. +Win 95 SO_BROADCAST bug - Emulate a bug in the windows 95 IPX implementation, most + software probably expects and/or relies on this bug so it is + enabled by default +Send broadcasts to all - Send broadcast packets to all subnets rather than the broadcast + subnets address of the bound interface +Filter recieved packets - Ignore packets not recieved from an enabled interface + by subnet + + -- COMPATIBILITY --