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August 9th, 2006 02:00
First time LAN
My buddy and i would like to play doom 3 and other games Via lan...with just the two of us.. ( for now).. i have an ethernet card and cable..his xps 400 that is on the way has an integrated ethernet port.....so..do i just hook the ethernet cable from my card to his port and then start a lan game or what? any advice is greatly appreciated!
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August 9th, 2006 14:00
Open Network Connections, right click your LAN connection, select properties from the drop-down menu. In the box that opens, find and select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click on the Properties button. Select "Use the following IP address" and type in the IP address you want to use. For the subnet mask, use 255.255.255.0. Do this on both computers, making sure the that the last digit of the IP address you assign is different on each computer.
Steve
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August 9th, 2006 14:00
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August 9th, 2006 15:00
volcano11
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August 9th, 2006 15:00
Did you read my previous reply - http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=netwkint&message.id=6141
The 192.168.xxx.xxx IP addresses are for use on local networks. What you are creating is a local network. These IP addresses will not work over the internet.
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August 16th, 2006 00:00
So this LAN will work without having access to the internet..correct?
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August 16th, 2006 01:00
So this LAN will work without having access to the internet..correct? Yes
Steve