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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:34:29 -0400
From: jedi <a_jediknight@hotmail.com>
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Organization: rebel alliance
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Subject: Re: Setting up a network
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just a hint, are you starting a host game, or both players just looking for a game?
quake only detects a game in progress on a lan...

William Gilliland wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:44:05 -0700, alex hoppe <ahoppe@ican.net> wrote:
>
> >Peter Howell wrote:
> >>
> >> A friend and I are having a VERY hard time setting up and IPX network
> >> in DOS to let us play Quake, ect.  Let me go through some of our
> >> adventures for you.
> >>
> >>         Firstly, we put in our Bocalan 2000/2 cards.  They are atleast supposed
> >> to be NE2000 complient.  We both run OS/2, and the hardware works fine
> >> under that.  Then came the fun part.
>
> I run Quake, DoomII, Monster Truck Madness, Warbirds, etc ,,,,, over my
> home LAN.  The key?  Windows95.  It makes a network a breeze.  I setup
> TCP/IP, IPX and Netbeui without cracking a book.  I have a P166 a P75 and
> my laptop all on a Tbase2 10M.  Total cost was $200 with $100 of that being
> the expensive PCMCIA combo card.
>
> >> There has been much groaning a gnashing of teeth.  Is there anyone out
> >> there who has successfully set up a LAN for network play?  Is it
> >> possible that the sound cards could interfere, even when the IRQs aren't
> >> conflicting?
>
> Yes it is very possible. Win95 would tell you and fix it if it were
> (assuminb the network cards are PnP).
>
> >>
> >> I'm really getting in the mood to frag somebody, and I don't have any
> >> way to do it!
> >
> >how many computers do you plan on netwerking??? if its just 2 i would
> >suggest getting a serial cable and doing it taht way.. much easier.. and
> >you dont pull out as much hair.. :)
>
> Do not do a serial cable connection.  I had one and didn't work worth a
> darn.  The length is limited, the speed is slooooow, you can't easily share
> drives or printers, you can't teleconference and not nearly as many games
> support it........ and what if you want to have more than two computers?
> .... then you're back to what you should have done in the first place, a
> $100 simple LAN.
>
> Will Gilliland
>
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