diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt index 598b3c8..11d6395 100644 --- a/readme.txt +++ b/readme.txt @@ -2,23 +2,24 @@ -- LICENSE -- -Copyright (C) 2008 Daniel Collins -Read license.txt for the licensing terms. +Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Daniel Collins +Read license.txt for licensing terms. -- INTRODUCTION -- -ipxwrapper is a winsock wrapper which intercepts IPX socket calls and tunnels -them over UDP, this allows you to run legacy software which uses IPX on systems -that don't have the IPX protocol installed, it also allows you to tunnel the -connection over IP tunneling software such as Hamachi. - -ipxwrapper currently supports most of winsock 1.x, more of the winsock library -will be implemented over time. - --- INSTALLATION -- - -To install ipxwrapper, copy the DLL files to the directory containing the legacy -program exe, you need to do this for every program you want to tunnel. +IPXwrapper is a winsock wrapper which transparently tunnels IPX packets over IP +using UDP port 54792. To use it, simply copy ipxwrapper.dll, wsock32.dll and +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. + +-- COMPATIBILITY -- + +Most of winsock 1.x is implemented, but some software still may not work because +it uses unimpletmented functionaliy. I plan to complete winsock 1.x support +eventually, winsock2 is unlikely, as the API is far bigger and any winsock2 +program should be using IP anyway.