networking 2 home Pc 4 games

[Evilservo]

Aoa!
i want to knw how to network two home pc for gaming i want to play Red Alert 2 with my cousin on this Eid plz tell
it will b a great help
By the way
EID MUBARAK to all pg members and whoever visits this site
Allah Hafiz

 

[Gameover]

1 - U must have Lan card installed on both computers.

2- make a crosslink cable and connect both the PCs through that cable - either make it your self or go to any local computer shop theyll make it for you tell them you want crosslink cable (it wont cost much)

3- when the two computers are connected through cable you could see the small computers beside the clock connected - double click it - click properties - on general tab window click internet protocol (TCP/IP) then hit properties - on that window select the option "use the following ip address" then give the ip address "192.168.0.1" and the other computer give "192.168.0.2" - click on the subnet mask field and it will automatically get the value "255.255.255.0"

4- go to start - click run - type "ping 192.168.0.1 -t" if u get response then u have successfully connected both computers - other wise it would be written "host unreachable", if not then most propably you have done something wrong or i couldnt make my self much clear

5- if the ping is successful start the game go to the multiplayer and lan ( now i dont know wat the screen looks like for red alert 2 because i havent played it in multiplayer) but i think it will be same as CNC Tiberium Wars ( which i have played in multiplayer) create a game and it will take you to next screen which will be like chat room - on the other computer click join a game give the ip address of the computer on which u have created the game - if it joins you could both see each other on the next window - there should be a button play game hit it and it will synchornize both computers and there you go enjoy ( if you are succesfful that is )

 

[Lamak]

i remember some time ago trying to play red alert 2 on a home network (b/w two computers),
but it wasn't easy! there was some extra stuff that needed to be done and after going through many forums and searching google, i found out how to do it...

but the game lagged big time, hardly playable, so it wasnt worth the trouble...

 

[Desolator]

The only thing extra in Red Alert 2 is that you need to install the IPX protocol. It can be found where you set the IP of your LAN card. IPX is a protocol which was used in win98. Anyways install this and configure the options in red alert to able to see the person in LAN.

 

[Gameover]

hmmm dont know why u got lag may be it was the problem of IPX protocol which desolator is talking about..


well i played CNC Tiberium wars even through my WI-FI connected to friends lap top - it was fantastic except some time lag here or there

 

[Lamak]

both PCs ran the game fine when on single player mode, but multiplayer was lagging awfully...
and yes i had configured the IPX protocol thing which was one big problem by itself...

anyways, that was all some time ago...

 

[Evilservo]

@ALL
thanx guyz my Eid will be pretty gud thanx to u guyz
@Gameover
Thanx bro 4 all the help well do u knw how to crosslink pcs'

 

[Khawaja]

Thamx a lot

 

[A.Rafay]

just to make sure that your can;e guy did the right connections, here is a diagram

 

[faisalmukhtarch]

thanx for the pic rafay