Tony’s Cafe

Well, Matt (of UConn dotmatt fame) has convinced us at work to jump on his Daimonin server. Daimonin is a free MMORPG client and server program that is based on the Crossfire MMORPG. I remember playing Crossfire once a few years back, but wasn’t able to devote the time needed to get deep into that game. (As is the usual case with MMORPGs!) Daimonin has taken Crossfire to the next level in terms of graphics, sounds, and gameplay. Best of all, it is FREE! The Daimonin forums have a post that describes a straightforward way to install the required precompiled packages and install Daimonin on OS X 10.4. Unfortunately, those instructions don’t work on 10.3! I was able to figure out how to get Daimonin to work on 10.3, after compiling the libraries myself… (oh yeah, and the precompiled libraries in fink didn’t work…) This post describes how to compile and install Daimonin and the required libraries on OS X 10.3.

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I have an OpenVPN server running and I’ve been meaning to get my Powerbook (running OS X 10.3.7) to connect as a client. I haven’t been able to find anything comprehensive on getting OpenVPN running under Mac OS X…. so, I decided to pool my notes together and write something. These instructions are my rough notes for getting OpenVPN running as a TAP client on Mac OS X 10.3. I’m only concerned with TAP devices, as my OpenVPN server functions as a way to place all remote clients on the same virtual segment. This document also assumes you already have an OpenVPN server running and configured for your client, with a shared SSL key.

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