Me and a friend of mine want to connect our (2) PCs together to play some games like Warcarft 3 TFT, Need For Speed Underground, Counter Strike Source. Tony Hawk's Underground 2, ... etc
Can someone give me a guide, as I never did something like that before.What do I need and how much is it going to cost (aprox) ?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: And what if I want to connect more than 2 PCs ?
Full Version: [Req] Two PC Network Connection
You could just use a crossover cable to connect the two. All you'd need to do that is the crossover cable, the two computers and to make sur eeach computer has a network card.
Is the setup going to be hard (softwerwise) ? both PCs have WinXP Pro
XP is pretty easy when it comes to networking. Just plug it in and it'll probably automatically detect the connection, as long as those NICs are enabled and have proper drivers and all.
Is this network card going to do the job ? We are going to buy two of those and some crossover cable.
1) Realtek RTL8139D chipset
2) Support 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation operation
3) Compliant with PCI revision 2.2
4) Support PCI clock 16.75MHz-40MHz
5) Support ACPI, PCI power management
6) Compliant with PC99 standard
7) Support wake-on-LAN function and remote wake-up (Magic packet, and
Microsoft wake-up frame)
8) Support auxiliary power-on internal reset, to be ready for remote
wake-up when main power still remains off
9) Contain 2 large (2KB) independent receive-and-transmit FIFOs
10) Support digital and analog loop back capability on both ports
11) Support full duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
12) Support diagnostic LED pins with programmable outputs
13) Setup/diagnostic program for DOS/Windows
14) NDIS2 (DOS, OS/2, Lantastic, WFW3.1)
15) NDIS3, NDIS4, NDIS5 for Win95, 98, Me, 2000, NT 3.51, 4.0, WFW3.11
16) Packet driver for UNIX client
17) SCO UNIX, FreeBSD, UnixWare 7.0 and Linux driver
18) RPL boot ROM for Novell Netware, Microsoft NT
19) Software support:
a) On-board EEPROM (93C46) programming tool
b) Setup/diagnostic program for DOS/Windows
c) Driver for UNIX
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1) Realtek RTL8139D chipset
2) Support 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation operation
3) Compliant with PCI revision 2.2
4) Support PCI clock 16.75MHz-40MHz
5) Support ACPI, PCI power management
6) Compliant with PC99 standard
7) Support wake-on-LAN function and remote wake-up (Magic packet, and
Microsoft wake-up frame)
8) Support auxiliary power-on internal reset, to be ready for remote
wake-up when main power still remains off
9) Contain 2 large (2KB) independent receive-and-transmit FIFOs
10) Support digital and analog loop back capability on both ports
11) Support full duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)
12) Support diagnostic LED pins with programmable outputs
13) Setup/diagnostic program for DOS/Windows
14) NDIS2 (DOS, OS/2, Lantastic, WFW3.1)
15) NDIS3, NDIS4, NDIS5 for Win95, 98, Me, 2000, NT 3.51, 4.0, WFW3.11
16) Packet driver for UNIX client
17) SCO UNIX, FreeBSD, UnixWare 7.0 and Linux driver
18) RPL boot ROM for Novell Netware, Microsoft NT
19) Software support:
a) On-board EEPROM (93C46) programming tool
b) Setup/diagnostic program for DOS/Windows
c) Driver for UNIX
Looks just fine to me. Good luck with you and your friend.
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