How to set up a sloppy lan
 

ok i brought comp to my friends house to do a lan and we dont know how to do it. We got the box and two cables and the power cable no cd's were included and i dont know how to set it up pls help!! :mEk: :mEk:

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Are you using crossover RJ45 cables, or standard RJ45 cables with a hub?

If you're running Windows XP it should be very simple, just run the XP Network Setup wizard, and let it find your hardware and configure the network for you. If not, you'll have to do it manually.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

ok i dont know how to know what kind of cables they are but we tried the wizard and it asks for a disc or to make a disc and i dont know how cause i dont have a floppy drive. how would you do it manually?:bows:

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

As I recall, XP doesn't give you the option to use a USB key instead, however I could be wrong - check to see if it will let you.

If that doesn't work, just run the wizard on the other computer without the disc. It should auto-detect and link up with the other PC.

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are you saying i should run the wizard on both comps at the same time?

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Run the wizard on the computer that you want to set up as the host - or the computer that connects directly to the Internet through a modem. Select the "This computer connects directly to the Internet" option from the first screen, then follow the menus through. Once the wizard is finished, go to the other computer, run the wizard, but this time select the option "Connect through another PC", and then follow the wizard through again.

Once that is done, restart the computers (host first, then client) and if all is well the connection should be up and running.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

wait he has cable connection and it is a modem we have connected to the ethernet hub so which computer is classified as the directly to internet one. since they are both connected to a hub which is connected to the cable modem

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

So you're using a router (ethernet hub)

In that case, you need to install drivers fro your router before you can use it. If you don't have the discs, look on the manufacturer's website for a driver download.

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ok i went to the website and its a linksys model befsr41 v.2 etherfast cable/dsl router and i was looking and version 2 is conspicuously absent. it had v. 3 and v.1 but no two.:bawl:

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Whoa, you have the same router as me.

Anyway, I managed to dig up some drivers for you:

http://members.driverguide.com/drive...driverid=46146

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

i clicked your link and it said 404 not found

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Hmm. Strange. Worked for me.

Here's another: http://www.driverfiles.net/Other/Lin...69,784,3,.html

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

well i clicked on it and it took me i clicked download it said i needed to register so i did then it said in order to finish registration i had to take a couple of special offers which costed money.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Look at the bottom of the page, there should be a "No thanks" option. It's kind of small, the idea being that they don't want you to see it, and instead shell out on some special offer crap. :cort:

Just look around the page for that checkbox. I know there is one, because I'm a member of DriverGuide, and it didn't cost me a thing.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

ok i downloaded the drivers and it asks me to all this stuff then i extract all the files and then i click the thing and it asks me to update!? so i fill in all the stuff and i click upgrade then it says did no tconnect to server!! wtf is going on!!! Do you know of a way i can just plug the two comps up to the thing and just play a lan for bf2 real quick this is frustrating:bawl:

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Here is a quick, simple LAN for two people, as that's how many it sounds like you are going to have.

Step one:
Buy a router or switch. Hubs cause packet collisions and are generally not used at LANs.

Step two:
Plug the cable modem into the router.

Step three:
Plug your computers into the router.

Step four:
To play online, open your game, go to multiplayer, select a server that you can both join and proceed to join it.

Step five:
Have fun.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

what about the installation of the crap and the network wizard??? it cant be that easy

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

There isn't any installation of stuff. As for the Network Setup Wizard, unless you're going to share files you shouldn't have to worry about it.

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

cool thx:cya::cya::0wned::mEk:

Re: How to set up a sloppy lan
 

Good luck gaming!

Let me know if you guys got it going.

:)