can u play against each other on the laptop if u connect an ethernet cable from your laptop to his/hers?

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can u play against each other on the laptop if u connect an ethernet cable from your laptop to his/hers?

today me and my sergeant tried to play against each other in command and conquer 3 tiberian wars. the problem was we couldnt and didnt know why. we have no internet connection but that doesnt matter.

we just connected an ethernet cable from my computer to his and see if he could create a game and to see if i could join it. it didnt show up and it didnt work. why is that? do i need a router? is there any way to do this without a router? helppp

Answer 1

In fact, you "should" be able to but normal patch cable/straight-thru will not work in this manner. You need a cross over cable. Its still a RJ45 Cat-5 but wired different.

http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/files/rj45xover.jpg

After that is hooked up, check to see that both systems are on the same workgroup.

You may need to assign static IPs (and make then unique) to each system - use something like:

IP 192.168.1.xxx (xxx= 2-254)
ie 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 192.168.1.4
Subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway and dns do not matter as you will not be connecting to the internet like this.

Hopefully this works, I will have to dig up the game to check lan settings when I get a chance.

On a side note... Thank you troops!

Answer 2

u need to set up the network before u can use it. visit the control panel's network connections and set up LAN via ethernet and make sure your ethernet drivers are installed and working.

Answer 3

the best place to ask that question is on command and conquer's web site, you would need to set the game up in the games setup. though some one on here may tell you how it is done.... or you could read the help files that come with the game

Answer 4

yes, it should work, if you set up a network connection between the computers. windows XP has a wizard to help you along.