How to setup a LAN

[Yahia Abdo 0]

hi , i'm yahai from egypt

 

so the thing is my brother got a new laptop and i want to play with him versus each other so i want to know how to setup lan connection like in puplic netcafe ?

my specs :

 

windows 7 ultimate 46bite

 

core 2 duo prosessor 2.13MHz

 

Ram: 3GB

 

Motherboard:intel G31

 

GFX card : NIVIDIA GeForce GT630 2GB

 

( P.S i have the cable )

[Guest Rabbit]

Is it in any particular game, or do you mean just in general?

 

If you're both using laptops, one of you could make a wireless hotspot (but you'll both be disconnected from the internet). I think in theory you could connect an ethernet cable from one laptop to the other, but frankly, the best way to do it is if you're both connected to a router (either by wireless or by cable).

 

The most important question is what game you want to play on LAN, because some games are easy, others need special patches.

[Yahia Abdo 0]

i want to play general zero hour and i'm a PC and my brother Laptop and i don't have wirless

[Guest Rabbit]

Well, to start, you'll both need to connect to a router. You could probably connect your PC to a router with the cable, and if it's a wireless router, he could connect his laptop to it, otherwise you'll need a second cable.

 

Once you've both installed the game (keep in mind, you'll need two copies or rather two serials to play against each other), you just start it up and try to run it. If you're still having issues, you'll have to explain what your issues are so we can help fix the problem.

[Guest Stevie_K]

You won't have to use a router. I did this once using just a cable. If you connect your computers with such a cable, you should be able to see each other's games in the LAN/Local lobby in most games.

 

EDIT: The firewall may cause trouble. If so, try and disable them momentarily to see if that helps.

Edited November 9, 2013 by Stevie_K

[Guest Mayo]

Well, if it works, it works.

 

Every time I tried it with just a cable, I could never connect properly. Some links on the internet said I needed a crossover cable, which is some kind of special ethernet cable.

[Sonic 296]

Yeah there are two types of network cables. A patch cable is used to connect a PC to a router, data flows one direction. A crossover cable can be connected between two computers, the data flows both ways, allowing the computers to see each other.

[Guest Stevie_K]

Yes exactly. That part I didn't remember, but yes if you want to do this using only a cable it needs to be a crossover cable. Where I live they tend to be blue or green, but I'm not sure if that's an international standard.

[Gben 20]

In Sydney - crossover cables used to be red; Blue for standard - but it's been year's since I bought one.

[Sonic 296]

The colour of the cable doesn't really indicate it's purpose. I've seen all sort of the colours of the years.