DOS ain't dead - Solved!

Solved! (Users)

posted by ho1459 , Germany, 22.04.2009, 11:59
(edited by ho1459 on 22.04.2009, 13:05)

Thanks to the help of Federico Bianchi I have solved my
problems with SWSVPKT.

Here's a little checklist of things to do to get everything working correctly
(on Windows XP SP):

A) Install SWSVPKT (should be no problem)

B) Disable (uncheck) the "Software Systems virtual packet driver" in the network
card properties of all cards, which you don't want to access.

C.1) Disable (uncheck) the Windows "Internetprotocol (TCP/IP)" protocol
in the network card properties; this conflicts with the TCP/IP stack
built into the application. A reboot is required.
This step necessary if you want to use BOOTP/DHCP.
C.2) or use a different IP-Address for this application IP stack compared to the
Windows TCP/IP stack. DHCP won't work with this.

D.1) Windows Firewall: Disable or make sure that the IP for this network card
is not blocked (I disabled it so I have no experience with it).
D.2) ZoneAlarm: Make sure that the selected IP address is added to the Firewall->Zones
list as a secure zone. If it is not added, packets from this IP will be blocked.
Also, make sure that you enable "Show all warnings" in the "Warnings and Protocols" tab,
so you will never wonder why all your packets disappear...
Last but not least, I now know that entering ZoneAlarms "GameMode" does
not disable ZoneAlarm. This is why I found the main reason for my problems that late.
Checking the Firewalls was the very first thing I did of course.

I hope this will be of help to others sooner or later.

All the best,
Stefan / AH

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Complete thread:

Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - ho1459, 20.04.2009, 12:40 (Users)
- Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - Laaca, 20.04.2009, 21:05
  - Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - ho1459, 21.04.2009, 16:06
    - Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - Rugxulo, 21.04.2009, 20:34
      - Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - ho1459, 21.04.2009, 20:57
- Windows XP + Virtual Packet Drivers + TCP - ho1459, 21.04.2009, 15:06
  - Solved! - ho1459, 22.04.2009, 11:59