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by morrow
Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:11 am
Forum: MechWarrior 2
Topic: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down
Replies: 9
Views: 21302

Re: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down

Thanks! That's an undertaking I haven't the resources to try this week, but when I get the chance, I'll try it and post the results. let me know how your testing goes. i reccomended hamachi for a few reasons. it's pretty unobtrusive once installed, it doesn't have a monthly fee, and it has a decent...
by morrow
Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:58 am
Forum: MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
Topic: Mercs D3D
Replies: 1
Views: 5633

Re: Mercs D3D

You want to look at this page viewtopic.php?f=9&t=281
and see if your CD matches up with any of the CD images.

I think you will still need to apply the v1.1 windows patch for your Direct3D version of mw2 mercs.
by morrow
Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:05 pm
Forum: MechWarrior 2
Topic: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down
Replies: 9
Views: 21302

Re: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down

I chose a perfect time to start trying to play NetMech with relatives :P I don't suppose there is any decent way of playing Netmech over LAN, is there? i thought of a way, but it requires using a VPN network setup like hamachi & running a standalone DOSBOx instance to host a IPX server luckily,...
by morrow
Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:10 am
Forum: MechWarrior 2
Topic: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down
Replies: 9
Views: 21302

Re: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down

Cool.
I wonder how MMPD setup the IPX relay in the first place.
Right now I'm thinking dosbox running an IPX server session? Or possibly something to do with DNS records and CNAMEs.
by morrow
Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:32 pm
Forum: MechWarrior 2
Topic: MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down
Replies: 9
Views: 21302

MECH2.ORG IPX server appears to be down

Greetings, the Mech2.org hosted IPX server relay appears to be down. IPX server relay has been offline since 9-29-2014, when the mech2.org website went offline for a few hours screenshot of IPXNEXT CONNECT failure attached. ==== Z:\>IPXNET CONNECT mech2.org 10001 IPX Tunneling utility for DosBox IPX...
by morrow
Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:50 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Reintroduce/introduce your selves here
Replies: 265
Views: 1630580

Re: Reintroduce/introduce your selves here

Howdy. I finally registered on mech2.org after 18 months of using it as a resource for all things mechwarrior 2 related. Last weeks short website outage got me worried enough to finally register here :D . The mechwarrior 2 series is pretty fantastic and I've got lots of fond memories playing MW2:31s...