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Article #19Re: Help!! Can't get KALI to work properly!
From: Chris Rose
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 00:00
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Julian Vandros <Krol...@gold.tc.umn.edu> wrote: >Okay, here's the problem: > > I call up my University's slip server and log in. I use a program >called UMSLIP (U of M Slip). Then I go to my kali directory and edit the This might be your problem.. go to the Kali FTP site (don't know it, sorry, but a web search or ftp search will show it), and DL PPP.zip.. it establishes a PPP connection, which works fine. >wattcp.cfg file to my current IP address. I run kali, and connect to a Get a program called SNATCH.EXE .. it will read your IP, and update the WATTCP.CFG file.. don't load up PPP.exe without it! ;) >kali server. I see a list of everyone's IP addresses that are on the >server, but the names don't show up. Then I try to run a program, like >descent or C&C, but it says there are no multiplayer games to join. So I Not sure if this matters, but people DO have to be in C&C and waiting for you in order for other people to show up.. (also, if there is a game already going that will show up aswell, in brackets, but you can't join) >>I run kali, connect to the server that wasn't responding before, and see >a long list of people using that server, but again, no names. Same thing >happens again. I suspect it is your slip program, again, PPP.exe should solve that. > Does anyone know why this occurs? I'm sure everything in the >wattcp.cfg file is correct. It's really frustrating, especially since >C&C is the game I want to play. I can't play multiplayer C&C by any >other method; my computer bombs out when C&C tries to init my modem. >Kali is pretty much the only option. Any help would be greatly >appreciated. I really hope this helps, respond if it does.. Mind you, netplay isn't reliable or as fast as we would like. (I am sure I speak for everyone who doesn't have a direct-to-internet hookup. ;)
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From: Chris Rose <bom...@ophelia.waterloo.net> Subject: Re: Help!! Can't get KALI to work properly! Date: 1995/10/31 Message-ID: <474pt8$d0i@ophelia.waterloo.net> X-Deja-AN: 118474155 references: <DH8r8L.nA@news.cis.umn.edu> to: Krol...@gold.tc.umn.edu organization: Waterloo Internet Cooperative mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,alt.games.command.and.conquer,alt.games.command-n-conq x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit