Diablo — Tcrip [exclusive]
The game instantly showed him a line of text: Your IP address is 192.168.1.105
Alek texted Mira: “Hosting at 73.14.202.99”
They reconnected. The sword was still in Alek’s inventory. They traded again, saved, and celebrated.
They traded the sword. Then Mira’s internet flickered. She disconnected.
Alek opened Diablo 2 . Instead of clicking “Battle.net,” he clicked “Other Multiplayer” → “TCP/IP Game” → “Host Game.”
Here’s a helpful story about (the classic method for multiplayer in Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 before Battle.net became dominant). The Tale of the Lost Sorcerer and the TCP/IP Savior