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Article #80Re: IPX networking in descent is broken
From: ste... Steve Devore
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 03:12
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 03:12
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pe...@silver.sms.fi (Petri Helenius) writes: > After studying the IPX in Descent for a while we've come to the conclusion >that the authors inserted the bullshit about "should be on the same network" >because they were unable to code their drivers to work over routers. > The IPX code in descent does NOT negotiate IPX network numbers and as >such is unable to work further than your local LAN or it's transparently >bridged neighbors. I noticed the same thing. Their comment is very misleading.
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