why can't I see the lan game ????

[papichulo1968]

A couple of days ago I came here for some tips on how to go about conecting to pc's for gaming , I decided to go with a crossover cable and the two nic cards, I have them both configure basically the same and I can access the files and share them also, but when I lunch the lan game on one computer and go to the other and start the lan game also, and check for any lan games I don't see the game, Im I doing something wrong??? or the crossover cable is only for sharring files and not for gaming? any suggestions will be appreciated, I have win 98 on both and I'm trying to play tribes2 .
thanks

 

[Indomus]

instal ixp in yer NIC propertys

 

[TurtleMan]

yea install IXP and all those thingy for your nic card, then u will able to play,
i was fooling with the crossover calbe i got too, had the same problem. but solved.

 

[Indomus]

cool enjoy

 

[papichulo1968]

okay, so I go to network under my control panel and add ixp as protocol, now is that going to the one for me to use as default ?. I look and I do have ixp in there and tcp/ip and another protocol, so I'm still lost here lol. basically with the crossover cables what is going to be my defaul protocol and basic set up to get a lan game going? anybody?
thanks again

 

[papichulo1968]

my bad I got ipx is that the same as ixp. also my default protocol is (netBEUI) Do I have to remove all other protocols or can they co exist as long as I make one of them a default, and which one if i'm to play lan base games over a crossover cable?
thanks

 

[Indomus]

=)