I was told at another site to add the following:
My Network Places" and choose properties and then chose "add" button and
from the left list chose "protocol" and u will see in the list something
called "IPX/SPX-compatible protocol" then click ok

My mutiplayer games now work - what is strange is computer 1 can ping
computer 2 but computer 2 can not ping computer 1 !!

But it's working -

"George" wrote:

> 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.
> > http://www.windowsresource.net/
> > http://www.xbox360degrees.com/
> >
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> >
> >
> >