I heard IPX/SPX is faster than TCP/IP for gamming?

[Losssoul]

I heard IPX is faster than TCP/IP for gamming, and i was wondering if REnegade supports it, and if so how would i go about doing it?

[c00ld]

From what I read on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPX), I kind of doubt it.

Because of Netware's popularity through the late 1980s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s) into the mid 1990s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s), IPX became a popular internetworking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetworking) protocol.

IPX usage is in general decline as the boom of the Internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) has made TCP/IP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP) nearly universal. Computers and networks can run multiple network protocols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_protocol), so almost all IPX sites will be running TCP/IP as well to allow for Internet connectivity.

[Losssoul]

a Friend of mine it taking a networking class and said that IPX/SPX increases your game speed by 20% and is a gamers friend??. but i was just wondering if renegade supports that and if so how to go about setting it up?

[Xylaquin]

IPX packets are smaller than TCP packets, so it may be faster but i'm not sure.

[Losssoul]

Yeah but i danno if it works for renegade and everytime i do something to alter game play or add sometthing on my own i always "F" things up lol so i wanna be sure....