From aa65b0262769ea54336dba918e88a7be6e67fd71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Collins Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:27:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme. --- readme.txt | 33 ++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt index ced8550..f4b196e 100644 --- a/readme.txt +++ b/readme.txt @@ -11,39 +11,18 @@ IPXwrapper is a winsock wrapper which transparently tunnels IPX packets over a chosen UDP port (54792 by default). To use it, simply copy the three included DLL files 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! +Most software binds only to the default interface, if you get no errors but still +can't connect to other computers, try running the ipxconfig program and forcing +the appropriate network interface to be the primary. + +The other settings can usually be ignored, but some software or networking +configrations may require further tweaking. Software using IPXWrapper can't communicate with software that is using the real IPX protocol and vice-versa. Software using IPXWrapper 0.1 may be communicated with by using 00:00:00:00 as the network number, however I recommend updating to a newer version instead. --- 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 -- Most of winsock 1.x is implemented, but some software still may not work because