I am not an expert in computer networking but Ive debugged my fair share of
networking problems particularly with older systems such as 95 and ME

I recently aquired my uncles old computer which uses XP (Still under 2 yrs
old-1.7Ghz)

Although I had problems with the TCP networking I was able to solve these
and the network runs fine here.

Now, I want to network them using IPX protocol to run some of my older games.
Initially the XP computer could not see itself or the ME computer in the
game lobby whilst the ME computer could see itself, the XP computer and the
messages both computers were typing to each other (The XP computer could not
see its own msgs).

This I solved by reinstalling the IPX compatible protocols on the XP
computer and removing any unnecessary bindings. Also I set both computers to
use network address 00000002 and Frametype 802.2

Both computers can now communicate to each other using dxdiag's directplay
testing and games they create can be seen by the other computer for a number
of games such as Homeworld, Diablo, Age of Empires and Railroad Tycoon 2.

For the games that have a lobby outside 'the create game' lobbies they can
still communicate with each other

However when I want to join these games, I am unable to. Diable has a
different response where I can join the game however it times out as soon as
I join the game.


I have tried everything I can think of

Can anyone help??

Thankyou for your time
Mathew

Some more infomation:

* I am using a network cable to network the two computers together (The blue
ones)

* The windows ME computer has three adapters, Dialup Adapter (Bound to TCP
only), the main network adapter (TCP, NetBEUI and IPX w/ NetBIOS support) and
a third network adapter which is not being used (and is not bound to anything)

Hopefully someone can help me