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hi all not sure if this is right place for post but in need of a little help. i have filesharing working fin on both my xp computers but i cannot play games over lan when creating a game the game does not show up on the other computer any ideads anyone?

Welcome to the site...can you tell us;

1) The game
2) The equipment you're using (Router/Hub etc)

Hello Waerhy,

Welcome to PCHF.

What games are you trying to play? There are some games that are a little flakey running over a LAN.

However, in most cases, it usually a firewall or some kind of security software such as McAfee which is preventing these connections. Try to disable any such software you have installed on these PC's. If this is the cause of your problem, such as the Windows Firewall (My Computer, Control Panel, Windows Firewall), you can click on the Exceptions tab, followed by Add Program, and select the game you want.

i am trying to play cossacks the art of war i am using a wireless hub the one u get off sky

i also share an internet connection on both computers and filesharing is all set up i cannot understand why gaming does not wok

when hosting on one of the computers a game will show up in the list but other computer will not connect i have disabled windows firewall and zone alarm also norton aswell.

Doesn't sound like a very good setup you have there Waerhy. How are the Pc's connected to each other? Are you sure there is no further security software installed on both PC's? Have you tried any other games other than Cossacks?

Finally, how are your network settings configured. From each PC:
- Go to Start, Run and type in cmd
- From the command window, type in ipconfig /all
- Right click on the title bar, and go to Edit, followed by Select all
- Right click again, and go to Edit, followed by Copy
- Paste the results of both PC's back here.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Dave>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DAVE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-6A-1E-F2-71
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 June 2007 16:17:57
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 June 2007 16:17:57
C:\Documents and Settings\Dave>

1 comp will get other 1 later

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Leeanne>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Leeannes
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapte
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-51-25-02
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 02 June 2007 18:07:38
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 June 2007 18:07:38
C:\Documents and Settings\Leeanne>

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