Naszvadi at 23:54, 27 June 2016

2016-06-27T23:54:07Z

Naszvadi: Networking using DOSBox IPX - tunneling over IPX over UDP

2016-06-27T06:05:20Z

Networking using DOSBox IPX - tunneling over IPX over UDP

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DOSBox has builtin support for IPX networking. This howto contains tricks about using IPX networks as TCP/IP tunnels between two or more DOSBox processes. Current document contains an example configuration with two DOSBox VMs - you can chat between them after a succesful deployment.

== Prerequisities ==

=== Install software ===

Install dosbox, if it is not installed yet.

=== Creating working directories ===

mkdir -p ~/ipxtunnel/server
mkdir -p ~/ipxtunnel/client

=== Creating server.cnf ===

In folder '''server''', create server.conf with content:

#!/bin/sh
[gus]
ultradir=C:\ cd "$(dirname "$0")"; dosbox -conf "$(basename "$0")" ; exit $? ; : <<rem
gus=false
[ipx]
ipx=true
[autoexec]
mount c .
c:
ipxnet startserver 33213
set mtcpcfg=c:\mtcp.cfg
echo packetint 0x60>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo hostname cli2>>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo IPADDR 192.168.8.2>>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo NETMASK 255.255.255.0>>c:\mtcp.cfg
ipxnet connect 127.0.0.1 33213
ipxnet status
ipxnet ping
ipxpkt 0x60
nc -echo -listen 22222
ipxpkt -u
ipxnet disconnect
ipxnet stopserver
exit
rem

Set executable rights on it:

chmod +x server.cnf

=== Creating client.cnf ===

In folder '''client''', create client.conf with content:

#!/bin/sh
[gus]
ultradir=C:\ cd "$(dirname "$0")"; sleep 5; dosbox -conf "$(basename "$0")" ; exit $? ; : <<rem
gus=false
[ipx]
ipx=true
[autoexec]
mount c .
c:
set mtcpcfg=c:\mtcp.cfg
echo packetint 0x60>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo hostname cli1>>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo IPADDR 192.168.8.1>>c:\mtcp.cfg
echo NETMASK 255.255.255.0>>c:\mtcp.cfg
ipxnet connect 127.0.0.1 33213
ipxnet status
ipxnet ping
ipxpkt 0x60
nc -echo -target 192.168.8.2 22222
ipxpkt -u
ipxnet disconnect
exit
rem

Set executable rights on it:

chmod +x client.cnf

=== Getting files ===

* From crynwr's pktd11.zip, get IPXPKT.COM and copy it to both server/ and client/ folders
* From mTCP's mTCP_2013-05-23.zip, get NC.EXE and copy it to both server/ and client/ folders

== Launching server and client ==

Change to the common parent folder of server/ and client/ directory. This is '''~/ipxtunnel/''' in our example. Then run both client and server simultaneously from the same terminal:

server/server.cnf & client/client.cnf &

Wait some seconds until '''Connected''' text appears in one window. After that, you can chat between the two windows!

== External links ==

* http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/mTCP.html
* http://crynwr.com/drivers/

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-DOSBox has builtin support for IPX networking. This howto contains tricks about using IPX networks as TCP/IP tunnels between two or more DOSBox processes. Current document contains an example configuration with two DOSBox VMs - you can chat between them after a succesful deployment.
+DOSBox has builtin support for IPX networking. This howto contains tricks about using IPX networks as TCP/IP tunnels between two or more DOSBox processes. Current document contains an example configuration with two DOSBox VMs - you can chat between them after a successful deployment.
 == Prerequisities ==
 === Install software ===
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 Wait some seconds until '''Connected''' text appears in one window. After that, you can chat between the two windows!
 == External links ==

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