If you are using a router, this is the most important part: you need to do portforwarding for hamachi.If you don’t, you will only be able to see other people’s nick names but not able to message/create/join games in the RA2 lobby. And for your IPX properties, put the following: The later versions seem rather buggy.įrom the picture, you can see that you have to Install NWLink IPX/SPX/Netbios protocol for your Hamachi network interface. I’ve been stuck with this problem for a long time.Īfter installing RA2, get the patch from the following website and install this patch. This is meant to help all those who can see names in the Red Alert 2 lobby, but unable to message/create/join games.

In my case my original RA2 cd-rom didn’t work, but after removing it and installing an “illegal” version downloaded from the internet it worked! Probably due to the fact that it’s a “fresh” Red Alert 2 installation. That is a last resort, only if you have a software glitch somwhere that doesnt allow RA2 to recognise the new IPX configuration.

Re-install RA2: Only if nothing else works.

If this fails, try selecting different socket numbers. Leave everything else as default (empty).

Configure RA2: Options – Network, select the same MAC address in the drop down menu as you took in note the first time.

A MAC address looks like this: 00-1A-B4-A2-01-D1 (keep this for later) Find the network card you set up for IPX and note its MAC address. Type â€˜ipconfig /allâ€™ and the information of all network cards should scroll by.

Find your MAC address: Start – Run – type â€˜CMDâ€™ – Command prompt appears.

Change number to a unique network value on both computers. Under frame type, select 802.3, or experiment with 802.2 or ether II.

Now select properties of this new protocol.

How to: start – settings – Network and dial up connections – right_click on the network device – properties.Ī new window will show up with a list of services and protocols.

(anything from a crossover to a router to a switch to wireless everything will work) Install IPX protocol, on the nextwork device that will allow networking.It’s even more fun to play it against a human opponent.

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