Thank You Very Much for your time...

Happy New Year -

George

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F1995DF9-1D3B-4318-8663-21200122EEE2@microsoft.com...
> >I have two computers connected to a router and then to a DSL modem. I could
> > not get mutiplayer to work on any of my games so I decided to try using
> > the
> > crossover method. I installed a 2nd NIC card in each computer and then
> > connected the crossover cable. Thats about as far as I got that I know is
> > done correctly. From there I found directions on the internet to setup
> > uinque IP number for each card and I did that. The directions said to ping
> > each computer to make sure it working. When computer 1 pings computer 2, I
> > get a response. When computer 2 pings computer 1, it times out without a
> > reponse. What am I doing wrong ?
>
> I've not done networking without a hub or router in about 5 years so bear
> with me if I'm hawking back to the 98 days. 8-) I also don't know about the
> original thread somewhere, so I don't know what's already been suggested.
>
> Step 1) First off let's get your DNS servers, the network config even
> offline will probably ask for some.
>
> Start -> Run -> type cmd and press enter -> In the command prompt type
> ipconfig -all and press enter -> find the DNS servers (there should be at
> least 2 and jot their IPs down).
>
> Step 2) Disconnect from the router and connect the two machines.
>
> Step 3) Since you're not connected to the internet, shut down all the
> firewalls, including the Windows Firewall (Control Panel / Windows
> Firewall). If you've got things like Norton firewall, try uninstalling it
> and rebooting, if you've got nVidia firewall, shut that down too. Shut them
> all down and reboot.
>
> See if it works then - if not, recheck the config and perhaps do it
> manually, I never trust the networking wizard.
>
> Step 4) You should have installed on both network cards;
>
> 1) Client for Microsoft Networks
> 2) File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (typically needed if you
> need to transfer patches and stuff between the two machines using file
> sharing so always useful to have too)
> 3) Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
> *Really old games may need IPX/SPX and may be NetBIOS too.
>
> In the TCP/IP config you should have for example for machine 1;
>
> IP 192.168.1.10
> Subnet 255.255.255.0 (very important subnet mask must be identical on both
> machines)
> If it wants a Gateway IP use for example 192.168.1.1 (or whatever the router
> originally was)
> If it asks for your DNS servers input the IPs you took down in step 1.
>
> Machine 2 should be identical apart from the IP address 192.168.1.11 for
> example.
>
> That should work, in theory. 8-)
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
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