Diablo needs an IPX (Internet Packet eXchange) network... 802.3 (Not that it helps any).. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nkingham/games.html for a list of more IPX games...
But you'll usually find the IPX/SPX protocol used in organisations where the older Netware servers reside as they were not IP enabled. However, in M$ you can select IP to be the default protocol, and also bind IP sharing to it which I think may be what you're looking for. NetBIOS definately needs to be removed as it just "hogs" the network with broadcasts and can also bring up ISDN routers with Netbios-DNS calls (ports 137-138)..
HTH
Simon
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Jordan rsjordan@connectfree.co.uk To: Alug alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [Alug] Samba Saga Volume Three
Adam> I would reccomend that you remove IPX/SPX unless you really Adam> need it
Chris> I have never found anything that uses IPX at all (maybe I Chris> don't use enough software :-) - and have removed the Chris> protocol altogether from my networking.
In principle I agree with both of you, but when I proposed doing just that, my son produced the manuals for several games which claimed to need IPX.
I have no idea whether the games REALLY needed it, but sometimes it's easier to give in gracefully than to argue with a teenager.
:-)
Richard Jordan
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