How do I connect two laptops for Quake III play?

[AnitaPeterson]

Hi folks,

I'm putting this here, as opposed to "Networking", because I'm not even sure where to start... I admit, networking is not my cup of tea.

So, don't laugh... here's the question:

I'd like to connect two laptops together for a Quake III deathmatch. My son has finally reached the age when we can play together

Although I have a router in the house, I kinda prefer to connect the machines together directly; I have spare ethernet cables, as well as a USB host-to-host cable. Obviously, if you have a foolproof solution for using the router, you can suggest that as well.

How does this work? Thanks in advance.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Hi folks,

I'm putting this here, as opposed to "Networking", because I'm not even sure where to start... I admit, networking is not my cup of tea.

So, don't laugh... here's the question:

I'd like to connect two laptops together for a Quake III deathmatch. My son has finally reached the age when we can play together

Although I have a router in the house, I kinda prefer to connect the machines together directly; I have spare ethernet cables, as well as a USB host-to-host cable. Obviously, if you have a foolproof solution for using the router, you can suggest that as well.

How does this work? Thanks in advance.

The easiest way is to plug both into the router. Otherwise, to connect them directly, you'll need a crossover ethernet cable and you'd need to provide static IPs for each machine on the same subnet.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Oi vey... It's all Greek to me...

 

[Jeffg010]

to start you will need of of these.
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Compone.../dp/B000067RFT

 

[Childs]

You can use a crossover cable, or adapter. What you should do first is just try it. The network ports these days might not need it. I saw someone at work hook up two macbooks together using a regular cable. I started to laugh at him but then it worked.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

OK, I have a spare (yellow) crossover cable that came with a replacement modem from my ISP... Then what?

 

[Childs]

You might be able to get away with just setting everything up for dhcp. You should get 169.x.x.x addresses, which should be unique and work for your purposes. Otherwise, just set up some private network addresses. Like:

Machine 1:
10.0.0.51
255.0.0.0

Machine 2:
10.0.0.52
255.0.0.0

The rest shouldn't matter. I dont remember the Q3 networking. When you start a server the other machine might just see it, otherwise enter in an ip address.

 

[lord_emperor]

Just use your router, seriously it's easier and there is no downside.

 

[BladeVenom]

You no longer need crossover cables, haven't needed them in a long time.

 

[soccerballtux]

you can't do that. That's impossible.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Last time I tried this was like 6 years ago. I just connected the two PC's directly with an ethernet cable, and they saw each other immediately in the game. I remember playing CS, Flatout, and Total Annihilation, among other titles.

 

[Rifter]

use the force











but really a network cable is a good idea.

 

[Bateluer]

Although I have a router in the house, I kinda prefer to connect the machines together directly; I have spare ethernet cables, as well as a USB host-to-host cable. Obviously, if you have a foolproof solution for using the router, you can suggest that as well.

How does this work? Thanks in advance.

If you have a router and spare cables, why?

 

[BladeVenom]

Last time I tried this was like 6 years ago. I just connected the two PC's directly with an ethernet cable, and they saw each other immediately in the game. I remember playing CS, Flatout, and Total Annihilation, among other titles.

Yep, auto MDIX have been around for a long time now.