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March 3rd, 2002, 08:37 PM

Muahahahaha!!!

You guys kept telling me I wouldn't get it right on the first try, and someone mentioned how XP's networking wizard sucked. But it's not true!!! Using the wizard I got everything set up between my two computers on the first try and everything works great! From printers to file sharing to Doom!

I'm in HEAVEN!!1

March 3rd, 2002, 10:30 PM

Okay, for ONE, I never said you wouldn't get it your first try. If all you're doing is connecting two computers via Cat-5 or USB, it's VERY EASY! Networking becomes complicated when you want to do somthing like play a DOS IPX game and your protocals aren't set up to do it, or when you're setting up permission rights to different computers on the multi-computered network. You might think you're networking balls have dropped, but I garuntee you you'll be whining for help when your fist problem arises.

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March 4th, 2002, 07:40 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">and someone mentioned how XP's networking wizard sucked. But it's not true!!!</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

Let me guess, you're using the same OS on both machines?

I agree with Monkey, something will pop up that will make things difficult.

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March 4th, 2002, 04:04 PM

95 and 98 seem to like each other just fine.

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March 4th, 2002, 04:57 PM

Monkey says he's just being a goofnut. I am using a good ole set of Ethernet cards, not USB or anything else, and I hooked up the computers with a crossover cable. Everything compatible with XP works fine, and yes I do have XP installed on both systems.

March 5th, 2002, 05:02 PM

XP and ME (possibly 2k) work fine with each other, and 98/95 work with each other. Okay, it's possible to go between XP/ME and 98/95, but it's more difficult. And somethings don't work either, like the "built-in" internet connection sharing, and you can't search for a computer unless you have mapped a network drive to that particular machine.

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March 3rd, 2002, 08:37 PM	#1
Zack Guest Posts: n/a	Network Muahahahaha!!! You guys kept telling me I wouldn't get it right on the first try, and someone mentioned how XP's networking wizard sucked. But it's not true!!! Using the wizard I got everything set up between my two computers on the first try and everything works great! From printers to file sharing to Doom! I'm in HEAVEN!!1

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March 3rd, 2002, 10:30 PM	#2
Monkey Guest Posts: n/a	Okay, for ONE, I never said you wouldn't get it your first try. If all you're doing is connecting two computers via Cat-5 or USB, it's VERY EASY! Networking becomes complicated when you want to do somthing like play a DOS IPX game and your protocals aren't set up to do it, or when you're setting up permission rights to different computers on the multi-computered network. You might think you're networking balls have dropped, but I garuntee you you'll be whining for help when your fist problem arises. ------------------ "It's not the amount of posts you have, or when you registered, or even how many times you've been laid... what is really important is whether you're me or not."

March 4th, 2002, 07:40 AM	#3
DarkWolf Guest Posts: n/a	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">and someone mentioned how XP's networking wizard sucked. But it's not true!!!</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE> Let me guess, you're using the same OS on both machines? I agree with Monkey, something will pop up that will make things difficult. ------------------ -DarkWolf Requiescat in pace. 446F 6F6D

March 4th, 2002, 04:04 PM	#4
Rellik_jmd Guest Posts: n/a	95 and 98 seem to like each other just fine. ------------------ Member of Team DEIM Webmaster The DOOM Editing Resource

March 4th, 2002, 04:57 PM	#5
Zack Guest Posts: n/a	Monkey says he's just being a goofnut. I am using a good ole set of Ethernet cards, not USB or anything else, and I hooked up the computers with a crossover cable. Everything compatible with XP works fine, and yes I do have XP installed on both systems.

March 5th, 2002, 05:02 PM	#6
DarkWolf Guest Posts: n/a	XP and ME (possibly 2k) work fine with each other, and 98/95 work with each other. Okay, it's possible to go between XP/ME and 98/95, but it's more difficult. And somethings don't work either, like the "built-in" internet connection sharing, and you can't search for a computer unless you have mapped a network drive to that particular machine. ------------------ -DarkWolf Requiescat in pace. 446F 6F6D

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