Connecting Two PC for Playing COD 5 in LAN

[toofan]

Hello Friends,

I want to connect two PC's to Play the gamming in LAN with my bro. How can I connect the two PC's.
I have one router available. + two cables which are used to connect PC to the Broadband modem.

And Please also tell me the steps to configure the XP in both PC for using it.
Thanks.

Can any one reply how to set up a lan between two PC.

[aquafusion]

It is very simple connecting LAn between 2 computers, this is what I have done at home to play multiplayer games between 2 PC's
You can buy a cross cable at around 30 rs and connect both the pc's using it.
Once done.
Right click on the taskbar icon of 2 computers showing lan.
Change the Ip of both the computers , for eg
192.168.5.20
and
192.168.5.23

now add subnet as 255.255.255.0
and gateway as 192.168.5.40 (common for both)

then disable any firewalls that stop the lan access or monitor it. (sometimes causes issues)
And that's it your done.

to check you can ping too or make folders sharable.

[ajith025]

Originally Posted by aquafusion

It is very simple connecting LAn between 2 computers, this is what I have done at home to play multiplayer games between 2 PC's
You can buy a cross cable at around 30 rs and connect both the pc's using it.
Once done.
Right click on the taskbar icon of 2 computers showing lan.
Change the Ip of both the computers , for eg
192.168.5.20
and
192.168.5.23

now add subnet as 255.255.255.0
and gateway as 192.168.5.40 (common for both)

then disable any firewalls that stop the lan access or monitor it. (sometimes causes issues)
And that's it your done.

to check you can ping too or make folders sharable.

lan is ok... but when we do this in xpsp2 and then while trying to dial broadband with old settings, it shows generic host error. how to avoid this?

[aquafusion]

^^ have never come across that error, but you could check the link below
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391

[ajith025]

^^ i tried all the hotfixes from microsoft... it didnt work...

later i had to install windows so that i could connect to broadband...

LAN will work if its connected through router. but direct connection is not possible

[aquafusion]

what do you mean that it will not work when direct connection is made ? r u referring to the cross cables ?

[ajith025]

^^ yes.