LAN issue PLZ help

[Gladius]

hi everyone, me and my mate want to play dune 2000 over lan, we have two computers linked using an ethernet crossover cable, both are xp home edition, i am using the disk in 1 computer and no disk in the other my problem is that go into multiplayer, i click the LAN button and everything comes up, but i cant see the other computer when it clicks the LAN button, i am using the Ipx protocal.

[Phoenix]

first of all:

can you see (ping) the other computer when you are in windows?

(your pc's need to have both an IP adres like 192.168.1.1 for computer A and 192.168.1.2 for computer B. both a subnetmask of 255.255.255.0)

If you can ping each other from a command prompt (type ping 192.168.1.2 in the commandprompt of computer A and see for a reply from computer B)

If this works, you could try to start an TCP/IP game.

But if you want to use IPX/SPX you need probably to do the following on both systems:

Right click on your LAN connection in the network properties screen. and click properties in the right-click-menu.

then see if you find NWLink IPX/SPX/netBIOS-compatible transport protocol is present.

If not click Add, then click protocol, then you would have the possibility to choose NWLink or something like it with IPX/SPX.

Add that protocol on both machines and try again.

Keep the default settings for that protocol..

I hope this is clear enough and the solution to your issue..

[gryphon]

in addition to the above. The value on the settings tab of your IPX protocol shouldn't be the same on both computers.

[Phoenix]

Correct Gryphon..

but normally that would be auto-negotiated if its value = 000000

And thats the default so keep it that way ;)