For IP games (and my not so educated guess), I think the game needs to have your own (i.e. host) IP address in order to start under the TCP/IP option. In order to do that, I think you will have to be connected. It won't work if you select modem option since it will just seat there and wait for someone to call. This is troublesome for dail-up connections since it takes up the phone line (unless you turn call waiting off....). Also, sometimes it might appear that your game have crashed when you start a multi-player game, just wait...it takes a while for things to get loaded up.
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