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Yeah I had basically the same system (Celeron 300a overclocked to a blazing 504mhz) and trying to play the same games with my dad over IPX was a huge problem. I don't remember why, just frustration and never wanting to use ipx.

Definitely had problems with one of the Warcrafts, I assume 1 but maybe 2

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If you used pure DOS with a network driver, it JustWorked(tm)(r)(c). However, Windows 95 had its own implementation of IPX, and it sometimes had issues.

Warcraft 2 definitely used IPX for multiplayer. I remember struggling to get an IPX driver installed on our family computers so we could play.

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