IPX

You need to enable IPX networking in the configuration file of DOSBox.

All of the IPX networking is managed through the internal DOSBox program
IPXNET. For help on the IPX networking from inside DOSBox, type
"IPXNET HELP" (without quotes) and the program will list the commands
and relevant documentation.

With regard to actually setting up a network, one system needs to be
the server. To set this up, type "IPXNET STARTSERVER" (without the quotes)
in a DOSBox session. The server DOSBox session will
automatically add itself to the virtual IPX network. For every
additional computer that should be part of the virtual IPX network,
you'll need to type "IPXNET CONNECT <computer host name or IP>".
For example, if your server is at bob.dosbox.com,
you would type "IPXNET CONNECT bob.dosbox.com" on every non-server system.

To play games that need Netbios a file named NETBIOS.EXE from Novell is
needed. Establish the IPX connection as explained above, then run
"netbios.exe".

The following is an IPXNET command reference:

IPXNET CONNECT

IPXNET CONNECT opens a connection to an IPX tunnelling server
running on another DOSBox session. The "address" parameter specifies
the IP address or host name of the server computer. You can also
specify the UDP port to use. By default IPXNET uses port 213 - the
assigned IANA port for IPX tunnelling - for its connection.

The syntax for IPXNET CONNECT is:
IPXNET CONNECT address <port>

IPXNET DISCONNECT

IPXNET DISCONNECT closes the connection to the IPX tunnelling server.

The syntax for IPXNET DISCONNECT is:
IPXNET DISCONNECT

IPXNET STARTSERVER

IPXNET STARTSERVER starts an IPX tunnelling server on this DOSBox
session. By default, the server will accept connections on UDP port
213, though this can be changed. Once the server is started, DOSBox
will automatically start a client connection to the IPX tunnelling server.

The syntax for IPXNET STARTSERVER is:
IPXNET STARTSERVER <port>

If the server is behind a router, UDP port <port> needs to be forwarded
to that computer.

On Linux/Unix-based systems port numbers smaller than 1023 can only be
used with root privileges. Use ports greater than 1023 on those systems.

IPXNET STOPSERVER

IPXNET STOPSERVER stops the IPX tunnelling server running on this DOSBox
session. Care should be taken to ensure that all other connections have
terminated as well, since stopping the server may cause lockups on other
machines that are still using the IPX tunnelling server.

The syntax for IPXNET STOPSERVER is:
IPXNET STOPSERVER

IPXNET PING

IPXNET PING broadcasts a ping request through the IPX tunnelled network.
In response, all other connected computers will respond to the ping
and report the time it took to receive and send the ping message.

The syntax for IPXNET PING is:
IPXNET PING

IPXNET STATUS

IPXNET STATUS reports the current state of this DOSBox session's
IPX tunnelling network. For a list of all computers connected to the
network use the IPXNET PING command.

The syntax for IPXNET STATUS is:
IPXNET STATUS