LAN MULTIPLAYER SET UP TROUBLE

[loadedian]

Hi guys,

having some trouble setting up DUNE 2000 between two computers.

Can see both players, can start a game but then when the other person goes to join..i get the error THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH YOUR NETWORK YOU MAY TRY AGAIN.

i have tried new cards, new cable,have ipx and tcp set up and is ok for sharing internet and browsing each computer but cannot get dune to work...hheeelllppp ..pllllleeeaasseee :'(

[Nyarlathotep]

Have you tried other games ? If so, what happens ?

What OS do you use on both and who joins who ?

[Apollyon]

make sure you have the IPX protocol installed on both machines.

EDIT: to do so, go to network and dial-up connections, right click on your LAN network icon, click properties. On the box that pops up click install, then double click Protocol and choose the IPX protocol.

[drahgoon]

make sure you have the IPX protocol installed on both machines.

whats a IPX protocol ???

[Nyarlathotep]

make sure you have the IPX protocol installed on both machines.

whats a IPX protocol ???

It's used in network enviorments. Look at Apollyon's edited message as how to install it.

[drahgoon]

i think it would already be installed as it is in a high school with at least 50 pcs

[gryphon]

Download the rotorz connect patch and try again.

[Nyarlathotep]

i think it would already be installed as it is in a high school with at least 50 pcs

It's not needed if they run the TCP/IP protocol (not needed if they don't run any programs that require the IPX protocol).

[gryphon]

There could also be the possebilety that a router or switch is preventing the game from running properly ..

[albert grogan]

has anyone got a full on resolve to this?

i have looked for the rotorz patch and not been able to find it and i may not even need it.

ive got a 98 machine and an xp, both with ipx installed. 98 is running the spawned version with a cross over connection - no router, hub, nothing.

let me know if this issue was ever resolved. and what does the rotorz patch do ?

[albert grogan]

i have just installed xp pro on both my machines, as i could not get it too work with xp to 98, so i suspect that it was deffinatley the protocol that i was missing, (cant remember the name)....

[syczek]

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