I'm (still) having trouble with networking two computers.
Hardware:-
My computer (the host) is using a built-in nVidia LAN contoller (MoBo: http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x-d/overview.htm).
The second computer is using a PCI network card (http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8957_mercury_10100_pci_.html). The crossover cable is: http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8134_crossover_network_.html.
OK, both systems are using Windows XP Home SP1. Both are using AOL, my computer is using ADSL broadband, with a USB BT voyager modem (obviously which both computers connect to the internet through, although both do have dial-up modems).
The problem is, we've manged to configure both computers to access my broadband connection, but LAN is a no-no. For example, if I create a game on Far Cry, on LAN, the other computer recoginses the server in the list but can't access it and asks for a IP address. Also, if I try to create a game online, the other computer can't even recognise the game in the server list ...
Any suggestions?
Hardware:-
My computer (the host) is using a built-in nVidia LAN contoller (MoBo: http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x-d/overview.htm).
The second computer is using a PCI network card (http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8957_mercury_10100_pci_.html). The crossover cable is: http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8134_crossover_network_.html.
OK, both systems are using Windows XP Home SP1. Both are using AOL, my computer is using ADSL broadband, with a USB BT voyager modem (obviously which both computers connect to the internet through, although both do have dial-up modems).
The problem is, we've manged to configure both computers to access my broadband connection, but LAN is a no-no. For example, if I create a game on Far Cry, on LAN, the other computer recoginses the server in the list but can't access it and asks for a IP address. Also, if I try to create a game online, the other computer can't even recognise the game in the server list ...
Any suggestions?