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#1 Feb 17 2004 at 4:58 PM Rating: Good

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A cut and paste from the OoT

Anyone here know how to configure a Gateway so one can use a conversion cable to connect two computers? My friend has a Gateway, I have a Systemax. I take my computer to another friend's house and connect to his network no problem. I went and bought a conversion cable to link my friend's and my computers together. (I had also previously tried a hub connection, which also failed.)

We are trying to play C&C Generals. When connected, we can see each other's computer names in the lobby, but it always times out when we try to connect. Any thoughts?

I logged onto Gateway's website for support, to which after waiting 30 minutes, was told to call some stupid support line ($1.95/minute) becuase it was configured wrong. Isn't tech support for configure problems?

Anyway....anyone here have any ideas how to configure the damn thing so it can work right? I appreciate any help.

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#2 Feb 18 2004 at 4:51 AM Rating: Excellent

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Command and conquer has a buggy Lan system. Sometimes it just flat out will not connect for no apperent reason. There are some things to try though.

First, make sure both computers have the IPX networking protocal installed under network services.

Next, make sure you have all firewalls down, including the built in windows xp firewall. That can be managed from the network properties.

Give each of the two computers full access permissions to the other. I don't know why that works, it shouldn't matter, but it does work occasionally.

You will need a different cd key for each installation. Also make sure the patch is applied on both computers. The patch for generals fixes several serious multiplayer issues.

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