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Hey all I just want to hook up my two crappy PC's and play some games. I've got an ethernet card in each and I've spent about a blillion hours failing to make them see each other. The Names are different and the work groups the same; they are both running on 98. ANY help will be appreciated.

Thanks- Newbie
 
if you're going straight from computer to computer, you're going to need a crossover cable. also what protocol are you running?
 


<< Ok; it is a crossover cable; and the protocol is the netbuei>dial up adapter. still won't work... >>



Shouldn't that be netbuei>whatever your NIC instead of dialup adapter? Did you (or Win98) actually install the driver for the NICs?

Also, a lot games work over IPX protocol.
 
Firstly, do you have Lan lights active on both cards? If not, check your cables and then at worst case you may need a hub.

You should have following services installed: Client for MS Networks, IPX, Netbuei, and TCP/IP installed. Alot of games go through IPX. When the machine boots, your login is irrelavant (name and passwd).

In TCP/IP settings in Network properties for the network card, setup one machine as a specific IP address, rather than obtain automatically. The address for one machine should be like: 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 for the second. Both should be setup to the same gateway: 255.255.255.0.

Make sure that the computers have different names and SAME workgroup. Reboot both machines.

Finally, open a DOS box and ping the other machine's IP address: type &quot;ping 192.168.0.2 or /0.1&quot;.

If you want to netsurf on the &quot;other&quot; machine, then you need to:
Install a proxy server on one machine (the one with the internet connection).

I had a similar problem yesterday. I bought the Linksys home network in a box. Just get a proxy server (I recommend Analog X Proxy)

Easy to setup. Just read the accompanied instructions and have at it.

 
thanks guys I'll try it tomorrow... any more suggestions I'd be glad to try those too... oh an the lights do work.. the cable is good. off to bed, heh. gn

ps: what does &quot;bump&quot; mean?
 
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