Setup up a LAN for gaming

[Mirror Spock]

Are there any good, detailed guides on how to hook new computers into
a LAN for a LAN party? I ask because I had a LAN party a few days ago
and we spent four and a half hours trying to get this one guys machine
to see the others in the LAN (I can't remember what we did, but we
fixed that) and even then he couldn't see games that we started.

I've never had this much trouble before and am looking for a way to
avoid such problems in the future.

BTW, all machines were running XP.

* Robinson

 

[John John]

These are my two favorites:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/
(This: http://www.helmig.com/ is for the same site, you might find it
easier to get to what you're looking for by using it as a portal for the
first site)

Excellent troubleshooting advice and information here:
http://www.chicagotech.net/

Some time ago someone on this group (Mike) posted these links, I copied
them for reference but haven't had time to check them out, they seem
like good links:

Networking - General

http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dccmain.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category04

Networking - NT/XP Specific

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/homenetworking/
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/winxpnetworking/
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813936
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/default.mspx

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Also, for slow Browser problem look here:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hutch/win2k/win982kptpnet.htm

John

 

[Mirror Spock]

<Good link snippage>

Thanks!

* Robinson

 

[John John]

You're welcome.

John