wenker 0 Posted December 9, 2005 Ok for about a week now i have been laning with my other computer in my room. All of a sudden last night i had to run system recovery on one of my comps. today i tried to lan. both ofps are the same, but i can not get my server to pop up for the other comp... any ideas?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 9, 2005 Check the firewall built into XP, it may be preventing the two systems from seeing each other. Run DXDIAG.EXE and go to the Network tab, then click "Test DirectPlay". Set up one system as the server, and try to join it from the second system. I would use DirectPlay for LAN games because of the VoIP feature. If you are playing on the Internet and/or use Sockets instead of DirectPlay, then the DXDIAG stuff is kinda pointless... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wenker 0 Posted December 10, 2005 I do use directplay... ill try it.. ill let you know if it works..thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wenker 0 Posted December 10, 2005 nope i cant join the other room. both firewalls are off...its not that i cant join the other room...there is no other room to pick. i put the ip adress in correct but nothing shows up..any ideas of waht can be blocking it all of a sudden? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 12, 2005 Go to a command prompt (Start -> Run, enter CMD.EXE) and run IPCONFIG /ALL. Do both computers have a unique IP address that is on the same subnet (usually 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wenker 0 Posted December 12, 2005 ya but ithink i got it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wenker 0 Posted December 12, 2005 ya guys thanks for the help... i got it to work!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 13, 2005 It would be nice if you could provide an explanation of the solution so that others with the same problem can benefit from it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wenker 0 Posted December 13, 2005 to tell you the truth it was a ghost thing that was not letting it work. I have norton...so when you go to do anything that sends or imports information from anything it will ask you if you want to block it or permit. If you do not answer to the question it will just block it until you do. the thing that was wrong was that this window was not responding with ofp or the dxdiag. when norton senses that something is wrong it will unbridge your network and internet. so basically i had to bridge 2 connections, and permit all traffic for 5 minutes. once that 5 minutes comes up that window will pop up like it was in the first place, and then you permit ofp to lan with the 2 comps. is that specific enough? even though the help you gave me was had nothing to do with what was wrong. if you didnt give it to me i wouldnt of figured it out....make sense? either way THANKS DUDE!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 13, 2005 So much for the firewall being off... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
