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September 24th, 2007 12:28 AM #1
i really need help with these.
My mate had his laptop and i had my desktop pc and we badly wanted to play games on LAN. the problem is how.
PC= currently smartbro connected (if the traditional rj45 direct will work i'll drop it dead). Windows XP.
Laptop(HP DV6500t)= Windows Vista. it has port like mine na kasya yung smart bro.
TIA.
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September 24th, 2007 03:04 AM #2
Double Post..
Last edited by Jun aka Pekto; September 24th, 2007 at 03:09 AM.
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September 24th, 2007 03:05 AM #3
If both laptops have 4-pin firewire, you can use that. You can also use a crossover LAN cable. Personally, I prefer the firewire method.
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September 24th, 2007 08:50 AM #4
Thanks. but im not really familiar if i have that firewire.
and the crossover cable, is that what you also call the rj45?
thanks. pls enlighten me on this.
and one more, after i connect the cables, what should i do next?
BTW, not two laptops, a desktop XP and a vista laptop
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September 24th, 2007 09:42 AM #5
A crossover cable looks like a regular RJ45 cable. But, if you look at the wiring layout at the ends, one end has a wire crossed over another to a different terminal point, hence "crossover". It's normally used to connect 2 pc's directly via the RJ45 port without needing a router.
Firewire is normally used for transferring video from a camcorder to a pc. But, it can also be used to network 2 pc's together.
Same conventions apply. Both computers have to be members of the same workgroup with filesharing enabled if you want to play multiplayer LAN games.
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September 24th, 2007 10:16 AM #7
I personally prefer Firewire for direct pc to pc hookup because it seems easier to configure plus, it's used for transferring video which means it's a high-speed port.
If both laptop and desktop pc have firewire, I'd go with that connection. Just make sure you have the right cable since there's 3 kinds:
4-pin to 4-pin
4-pin to 6-pin
6-pin to 6-pin
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