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    setting up LAN for 2 XP systems for gaming

    My friend has 2 systems which he wants to make into a lan so some multiplayer action can be had. He has a router with the needed ethernet cables etc and is connecting the 2 systems via it. Now when he is going through the "small network setup", it appears to work fine on both systems but when searching for each other on network neighbourhood he can't find either. Any suggestions please?

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    Make sure they are in the same workgroup to start with.

    RIGHT CLICK MY COMP>PROPERTIES>COMPUTER NAME>CHANGE

    You're better off assigning ip's to each machine as well rather than DHCP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by darrensen View Post
    You're better off assigning ip's to each machine as well rather than DHCP.
    this is rarely the case with properly configured DHCP. in the case of a router, it's proper enough.

    i'd always pick DHCP given the option. this isn't Win98 land anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    this is rarely the case with properly configured DHCP. in the case of a router, it's proper enough.

    i'd always pick DHCP given the option. this isn't Win98 land anymore
    Totaly agree but it sounds like this chap is having trouble and assigning manual ip might help him, as it sounds like he's struggling.

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    If you are doing two machines, do you really need a router, why not use a cross over cable.

    Have you configured the router?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeTuk View Post
    If you are doing two machines, do you really need a router, why not use a cross over cable.
    intarweb access would be a fairly good reason

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    i just found runnin the network wizard on my two xp machines was enough for me to file share, printer share and network game :-)

    start>accessories>communications>network setup wizard

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    I suggest a server, and a dedicated switch.

    j/k, yeah there are a few ways to set it up. Try trough a router first, and then setup your network via the network wizard. If you need more speed, well.. that's a different story.

    -Underhill

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    disable any windows firewalls or third party firewall software that might be installed on the machine and see if it works.

    go to start>run>"cmd">enter>"ipconfig /all">enter

    on the other machine type:

    start>run>"cmd">enter>"ping 192.168.*.*" replacing asterisks with numbers found in "ip address" of other machine

    pings should return the packets, if not, the computers aren't communicating.

    on machine A, hold windows and push "pause/break" go to the computer name tab, copy the Full Computer Name entry.

    on machine B, hold windows and push "pause/break" go to the computer name tab, verify that the workgroup is the same as that of machine A.

    open up my computer on machine B and type in the address field:
    \\"Full Computer Name of machine A" and push enter.

    if the computers have filesharing enabled, you'll get the shared folders appearing, if it says a connection cannot be made, the computers again, are not communicating via filesharing.

    Disable any firewalls and try again, see if they can communicate
    Let us know how you get on.

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