LAN question

i have an old laptop and an old desktop... both are running the same OS... but neither are online... is there any way to connect them together so i can play multiplayer games with buzz on them?... i think there is a cable i can buy... but i don't remember the name of it... but maybe im wrong... let me know

Spiderman wrote:i have an old laptop and an old desktop... both are running the same OS... but neither are online... is there any way to connect them together so i can play multiplayer games with buzz on them?... i think there is a cable i can buy... but i don't remember the name of it... but maybe im wrong... let me know

ie... not connected to the internet

Just simply get an UTP cable, and plug it into those comps, and there ya go.

UTP isnt the same as LAN thou. You can configure a home network in either of the computers spider, its not hard, its simple.

what cable do i need to get? since neither of them are online i need some way to connect the 2 computers together correct?

yes. Your computer has the ability(if it has network card) to create a local network. any other computer with wireless or direct connection to your local network emitter can connect to that network

i will have to investigate... they were able to connect to the internet via a 56k modem in the past... would i just use a regular phone cord?

ah old computers are not my specialty....

fair enough

What system OS u use. Most of rly old computers u can connect by RS232 port (parell)
But if Your old machine working on xp (for example) then u can use simple switch to connect two or more computers. Most games can made own lan. Few times me and Zawisza was played on two computers by lan maked by JK3 One of those computers was server and second was client
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There are a couple of ways to go here.

If both machines have a network card, you can get a couple of network cables (RJ45) and a hub or switch. plug them all in and it should work. You can also get what is called a 'cross over' cable and hook them up back to back.

You can also get a parallel cable but most new games do not have the protocols to network this way.

If one does not have a network card then i am not sure. you may be able to get a PCMCIA card for the laptop, providing it has the port to plug it in.

A modem will allow a computer to 'dial in' to a remote network or the internet, that is true, it will not allow a lan setup between two computers in the same room... that being said, if they are hooked up to different numbers, one can dial into the other and be connected. That would require 2 phone lines (2 separate phone numbers) and Modems to be in each computer.

Ptolemy wrote:There are a couple of ways to go here.

If both machines have a network card, you can get a couple of network cables (RJ45) and a hub or switch. plug them all in and it should work. You can also get what is called a 'cross over' cable and hook them up back to back.

You can also get a parallel cable but most new games do not have the protocols to network this way.

If one does not have a network card then i am not sure. you may be able to get a PCMCIA card for the laptop, providing it has the port to plug it in.

A modem will allow a computer to 'dial in' to a remote network or the internet, that is true, it will not allow a lan setup between two computers in the same room... that being said, if they are hooked up to different numbers, one can dial into the other and be connected. That would require 2 phone lines (2 separate phone numbers) and Modems to be in each computer.

that was the idea ptol... ill look into that

the os is win98 sorry i didn't put that earlier