I still play Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors a little, especially when friends come over. But, I've run into a problem lately..
Ever since I've upgraded my computer to WinXP, all the other Win98 computers in my house will not join AoK games hosted by this computer. Vice versa is also a no-go, the WinXP comp can't join games hosted on Win98.
My network is running fine, I can ping all computers, and I've even tried a DirectPlay lobby test (worked). I have the TCP/IP and IPX protocols installed on all machines. I don't have NetBIOS or NetBEUI installed on any of them, because I didn't think that they were required for a DirectPlay game like this.
If I host a game on a WinXP computer, all the other WinXP computers on my LAN will join it fine. The Win98 computers can see it but cannot join (waits for a while, then reports "Could not join game"). If I host a game on a Win98 computer, all the WinXP computers are left out..
Any ideas? Yes, I have checked the firewalls
Ever since I've upgraded my computer to WinXP, all the other Win98 computers in my house will not join AoK games hosted by this computer. Vice versa is also a no-go, the WinXP comp can't join games hosted on Win98.
My network is running fine, I can ping all computers, and I've even tried a DirectPlay lobby test (worked). I have the TCP/IP and IPX protocols installed on all machines. I don't have NetBIOS or NetBEUI installed on any of them, because I didn't think that they were required for a DirectPlay game like this.
If I host a game on a WinXP computer, all the other WinXP computers on my LAN will join it fine. The Win98 computers can see it but cannot join (waits for a while, then reports "Could not join game"). If I host a game on a Win98 computer, all the WinXP computers are left out..
Any ideas? Yes, I have checked the firewalls
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