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Started by Juan... Juan Ardura
Fri, 14 Jan 1994 16:48
Net Doom on Lantastic
Author: Juan... Juan Ardura
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 16:48
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 16:48
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The other night a friend of mine and I tried to set up Doom for net play over an existing and operational ethernet link, using lantastic, between two 486 machines (a server and a client). We were trying to set up lantastic to use IPX since net Doom requires it, but had problems getting lantastic configured correctly. Has someone been able to run net Doom using lantastic? Could you post your startnet.bat file or any other information on how you set up your PCs/network to get net Doom working? Thanks, Juan Ardura
Re: Net Doom on Lantastic
Author: stah... Christopher Stahlberger
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 16:22
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 16:22
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Juan Ardura (Juan_...@iegate.mitre.org) wrote: : The other night a friend of mine and I tried to set up Doom for net play : over an existing and operational ethernet link, using lantastic, between : two 486 machines (a server and a client). We were trying to set up : lantastic to use IPX since net Doom requires it, but had problems getting : lantastic configured correctly. Has someone been able to run net Doom : using lantastic? Could you post your startnet.bat file or any other : information on how you set up your PCs/network to get net Doom working? : Thanks, : Juan Ardura I am also being deprived of net doom. Could somebody please post their config.sys, autoexec.bat, and startnet.bat. Also, could you inform us as to where you got the drivers for the card, etc? Any information would be appreciated. Chris Stahlberger r a
Re: Net Doom on Lantastic
Author: ml... Michael Earl Lowe
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 21:54
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 21:54
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Juan Ardura (Juan_...@iegate.mitre.org) wrote: : The other night a friend of mine and I tried to set up Doom for net play : over an existing and operational ethernet link, using lantastic, between : two 486 machines (a server and a client). We were trying to set up : lantastic to use IPX since net Doom requires it, but had problems getting : lantastic configured correctly. Has someone been able to run net Doom : using lantastic? Could you post your startnet.bat file or any other : information on how you set up your PCs/network to get net Doom working? I and a friend both have two machines and both use Lantastic to network them. Lantastic alone is not enough. Ideally, you should NOT load up your network. What you need to do is get the following: Fine DOOMSER.ARJ (It has 90% of the drivers you will need). it's startnet.bat loads the following: LSL you needs this for link support ETHERSL replace this file with the right one. * PDETHER you need this one, too. IPXODI The IPX driver. * The "Right" program is one that is specific to your card. If you have a Novell Ne2000 compatible card, the driver will be NE2000.COM One place to find drivers is Novell.com. Another (Oddly) is Qdeck.com
Re: Net Doom on Lantastic
Author: ez00... Taylor Gautier
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 21:27
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 21:27
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Juan Ardura (Juan_...@iegate.mitre.org) wrote: : The other night a friend of mine and I tried to set up Doom for net play : over an existing and operational ethernet link, using lantastic, between : two 486 machines (a server and a client). We were trying to set up : lantastic to use IPX since net Doom requires it, but had problems getting : lantastic configured correctly. Has someone been able to run net Doom : using lantastic? Could you post your startnet.bat file or any other : information on how you set up your PCs/network to get net Doom working? : Thanks, : Juan Ardura Your cards should've come with the appropriate drivers to run ipx. That is if they say novell certified or compatible or whatever. So, don't run the lantastic (lantastic has *nothing* to do with IPX which DOOM uses) net and load up the drivers for ipx. That's it. -- Taylor Gautier -- ez00...@hamlet.ucdavis.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- *LANDFILLS SAVE ENERGY* "By covering depressions in the landscape, landfills make the surface of the earth smoother. This enables the earth to move more easily through space, saving huge amounts of orbital energy." -50 Simple Things YOU Can Do To Pave The Earth --------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Net Doom on Lantastic
Author: jp... John P. Landahl III
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 23:00
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 23:00
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As has been stated, do NOT load LANtastic (i.e. do not call your STARTNET.BAT file). I've got it working just fine here with one small problem which I will describe below. I have the NodeRunner 2000 cards from Lantastic, which come with a driver disk that has all the files you'll need. If you have one of these cards, look in the NETWARE (I believe) directory of your driver disk. Copy those files to your hard disk (I put them in C:\LANTASTI\NETWARE). I made a batch file called IPX.BAT which loads these files in the right order, which is: 1) LSL.COM, 2) NRODI.COM, and 3) IPXODI.COM. If you don't have a NodeRunner, substitute your card's ODI driver for #2. That's it. Load those files and enjoy NetDOOM! One small problem: After exiting the net game and trying to restart, I get an "Open socket" message and NetDOOM will no longer run. HOWEVER, I have found that by unloading IPXODI, then reloading it, this problem is solved. It's only a minor inconvenienve. I have a REIPX.BAT that does this for me (runs IPXODI U, then IPXODI). The bigger inconvenienve is having to leave DOOM at all just to restore a game. Even worse is when DOOM just WON'T restore a net game... oh well. It's still even more fun than single player DOOM. ---------------------- John P. Landahl III jp...@access.digex.net
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