Setting Up a Network in your Home...

[Blade!]

If your computer is not running XP, and you do not have any network software, you will need a "Router" rather than a simple Switch or Hub to fully functionalize your network.

 

[unmerged(5205)]

Originally posted by kurtbrian
you need to install the printer on the xp machines.

Printers--> add new printer --> network printer....

and so on

I did that

 

[unmerged(5205)]

Originally posted by Blade!
If your computer is not running XP, and you do not have any network software, you will need a "Router" rather than a simple Switch or Hub to fully functionalize your network.

I have a cable/dsl router.

 

[MichOrion]

Having trouble merging on infromation superhighway

I'm having trouble playing a game over the internet between 2 computers. One person picks host and the other picks join and inputs the host's ip and the person joining gets a 'failed to find game at ip address' message. Also, when we attempt to play over the vnet we get the same message. Strangly when I pick host, my ip address shows up correctly in vnet, but when the other person picks host the ip shown in vnet does not match the ip show in his ip config? We are both running xp through a cable modem. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[MichOrion]

Hey I'm no longer a recruit! Wooohoooo!

 

[Derek Pullem]

Re: Having trouble merging on infromation superhighway

Originally posted by MichOrion
I'm having trouble playing a game over the internet between 2 computers. One person picks host and the other picks join and inputs the host's ip and the person joining gets a 'failed to find game at ip address' message. Also, when we attempt to play over the vnet we get the same message. Strangly when I pick host, my ip address shows up correctly in vnet, but when the other person picks host the ip shown in vnet does not match the ip show in his ip config? We are both running xp through a cable modem. Any ideas?

Thanks

Is he running through a router using NAT - in which case his IP config on his computer will be different from the real IP address of his modem

 

[MichOrion]

He is running it through a router. How does one check what the IP address of the router will be?

 

[Derek Pullem]

In the setup for his router he will have had to enter an address (or possibly there will be a proxy address given to him by AOL etc.) Ask your mate to check his router manual / software. It's getting beyond my knowledge now

 

[Jagder]

LAN CTDs all the time!

I have been playing Paradox games for years now (EU, EUII, HOI, VIC). Ever since we have played over a network, the games crash maybe 3 or 4 times an hour. We have tried everything we could think of (upgraded to a Gigabit switch, dropped the firewall, changed IP addresses, bought new computers). Could someone please help? Both computers that we use have Win XP, a gigabit network, and function fine in other LAN games.

Any suggestion for things we may not have thought about would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

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I have been playing Paradox games for years now (EU, EUII, HOI, VIC). Ever since we have played over a network, the games crash maybe 3 or 4 times an hour. We have tried everything we could think of (upgraded to a Gigabit switch, dropped the firewall, changed IP addresses, bought new computers). Could someone please help? Both computers that we use have Win XP, a gigabit network, and function fine in other LAN games.

Any suggestion for things we may not have thought about would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Just an idea, it may or may not help:

Install the game only on one of your computers, which has the fewest crashes. Use the latest patch (EU2: 1.08).
Then copy this library to the other computers. Do not install just copy.
Start the game from this copied library.

We play like this with EU2 because we also had some crash problems. We all bought the official version, but we found out that the game is more stabile this way.

Tell me if it worked by you!

 

[unmerged(28147)]

Ok, I'm a total idiot, even with 2 years worth of technical training and my A+ Certification I can't figure out how to setup my router to allow me to play Games/Vicky. It's a totally foreign language to me looking at the setup page thing for my router, a DI-604 from D-Link. Please help?

 

[unmerged(27108)]

Ok, I'm a total idiot, even with 2 years worth of technical training and my A+ Certification I can't figure out how to setup my router to allow me to play Games/Vicky. It's a totally foreign language to me looking at the setup page thing for my router, a DI-604 from D-Link. Please help?

Try looking at www.portforward.com

Also. there is a thread that explain how in the Mp forum of HOI.

 

[Swuul]

The thread in the HoI forum is here.

 

[unmerged(41507)]

Hi.
Somebody could help me how to set my SMC Router to play EU2 in multi.
Thanks.

 

[unmerged(27108)]

Hi.
Somebody could help me how to set my SMC Router to play EU2 in multi.
Thanks.

hi, look at www.portforward.com and search for your router. They say how to forward ports with your router.

The ports to be forwarded is 2300 through 2400 AND 47624.