Connecting to the Internet via DOSbox's IPX emulation [ipxbox]

fragglet
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Published 2021-01-17
This is demonstrating a new feature of my ipxbox dedicated dosbox server - it now supports the ipxpkt.com packet driver that tunnels Ethernet frames inside IPX packets. So it's now possible to connect to the Internet from inside DOSbox and use software that requires a packet driver.

This is using Michael Brutman's mTCP stack for DOS: www.brutman.com/mTCP/

There are some instructions here on how to test this for yourself. The server shown in the video is publicly accessible.
github.com/fragglet/ipxbox/blob/master/HOWTO.md#ad…

00:00 Connect and setup
00:45 IRC
01:25 FTP
02:12 Telnet (towel.blinkenlights.nl)
All Comments (6)
  • @DoomKid
    This is so cool! Imagine an IRC channel that people are connecting to through IPX, that also has a Discord bot. You could have someone on an old DOS setup connect and chat with someone on Discord - for some reason that thought is just so entertaining to me.. really interesting stuff here!
  • @rodpad
    Could this make it possible for IPX based multiplayer games to work down the line?
  • @diejuse
    Can you surf the web with this protocol?
  • @maxmuster7003
    I have i dream that we can use a vpn like hamachi to send/get files with IPX from DOSBOX to DOSBOX. Personaly i am on an Android tablet with a DOSBOX app installed and i like to use DEBUG and assembly programming, but i am not familar with the IPX protocol.