Direct Connection with Crossover cable

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Hello,

Am currently having an issue with a direct connection I'm trying to achieve-
I'm using

-an RJ45 crossover cable
-2 laptops with XP SP2

I've manually configured laptop 1's IP as 192.168.0.1 and 2's to be
192.168.0.2. Subnet masks are 255.255.255.0. Firewalls are turned off. One
laptop can happily ping the other, but not the other way around! Am
attempting to set up a long-awaited 2 player game of Civ 3 but to no avail.
Any help greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hello,

Am currently having an issue with a direct connection I'm trying to
achieve- I'm using

-an RJ45 crossover cable
-2 laptops with XP SP2

I've manually configured laptop 1's IP as 192.168.0.1 and 2's to be
192.168.0.2. Subnet masks are 255.255.255.0. Firewalls are turned
off. One laptop can happily ping the other, but not the other way
around! Am attempting to set up a long-awaited 2 player game of Civ
3 but to no avail. Any help greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

I'm presuming you're trying to ping by IP address. Any third party firewall
software? This really does sound like a firewall issue, honestly.