This page is a "how-to"
guide on how to connect 2 PC's via Dial-Up-Networking for you to be
able to play fps games like: Quake2, Half-life or any other game that
supports the TCP/IP protocol.
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 computers
- 2 modems installed
- microsoft windows 95/98
- microsoft windows dial-up-networking
server
- legal copy of Half-Life
or Quake-2 (no warez)
- or any other game that
supports TCP/IP
- yes, it works with Counter-Strike
INSTALL THE NECESSARY
COMPONENTS
Make
sure you have the required installed on your machine, dial-up networking
is already installed as you are already connected to the internet.
as for the dial-up server component, go to your add/remove programs
applet in your control panel. (i.e. START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL
> ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS).
Go to the windows setup
tab, then Communications and check if you have installed the following,
depicted by a check mark:
dial-up networking
dial-up server
If these are not installed,
check the boxes and insert your win98 or ms plus cd into your cd-rom
drive and then click ok then apply. follow the necessary steps to
complete the installation.
DIAL-UP NETWORKING
SETUP
Go
to your dial-up-networking folder, (i.e. START > PROGRAMS >
ACCESSORIES > COMMUNICATIONS > DIAL-UP-NETWORKING) and make
a new connection.
Name the new connection
to something that is unique to you for gaming (i.e. game connection)
insert the telephone no. and right-click on it and select properties.
Go to the server types
tab and see if the following are checked:
Enable software compression
TCP/IP (leave any other options unchecked)
Click-on the tcp/ip settings
button, and tick on the specify an IP addressradio button. make sure
you use a C class network IP address (i.e. 192.0.0.1 or 192.0.0.2
and so on.) and click ok and close the dial-up-networking windows.
NETWORK SETUP/ASSIGNING
YOUR IP ADDRESS
Go
to your control panel, (START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL
> NETWORK) and select and double-click on network icon. select
TCP/IP and click on its properties. tick on specify an IP address.
remember to use a C class network IP address: (note: use the same
unique IP address that you use on Dial-up-networking properties.)
1st computer:
IP:
192.0.0.1
subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
2nd computer:
IP:
192.0.0.2
subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
Leave everything alone,
as you dont need to change anything from WINS,Gateway, DNS, etc. as
you dont need it. it wont affect the connection on both computers.
Click ok to close the window. then it will ask you to reboot your
computer, click yes to reboot and your done.
This is now a good time
to talk to your opponent (via landline) to ask which is whom to be
the dial-up server and who is the one that is going to connect.
DIAL-UP SERVER
For the dial-up server,
go to your dial-up networking folder and click-on the connections
menu and select the dial-up server. a window will pop-up, showing
you some options. tick on allow caller access radio button, to let
your modem answer the incoming connection.
Click on the server type
button and make sure that its on PPP:Internet, Windows NT Server,
Windows 98 from the drop-down menu and enable software compression
is on. (note: passwords are optional.) then click ok and apply/ok
to close the window and wait for your opponent to call and connect
to your server. (note: you could see the dial-up server is running
by an icon in the taskbar.)
The user who supposed to
call and connect to the dial-up server should use the dial-up networking
icon specified in steps 1 to 3.
(Note: if there is a password
placed by the server, type it in) and connect to the server by clicking
on ok. wait for the modem to handshake and on to the fun part!)
You could check if you're
properly connected to each computer by going to the DOS prompt and
use the ping command:
ping <ip address>
if you receive a good result,
you are properly connected to each other. i personally haven't tried
this, but i think you could use winpopup or any similar program to
communicate with your friend once connected. check download.com for
freeware or shareware software.
Boot up the game and/or
its mods or any game that supports the TCP/IP protocol, and select
a MULTIPLAYER/LAN game.
(Note: HL & Q2 specific:
you could also connect to the server by bringing up the console and
type connect <IP address and start playing!)
You
may notice that you could'nt connect to the internet after playing!
just go to your NETWORK applet in the control panel and tick on "obtain
IP address automatically". Then reboot and you're done. just
do the step again and assign an IP address as done above to enable
to play thru modem to modem.
NOTES
Me and my friend played
around with yes, COUNTER-STRIKE!! Its better that you'll play with
bots as with this connection you'll have only 1 human opponent on
your game! get the excellent podbot for counter-strike or realbot.
Ping times may vary from
one setup to another, but i see that you get sub 230ms pings with
this method. you could check tweak3D for some dial-up/internet connection
optimizations.
[Source: kevin "runab0ut"
navia <runabout@myrealbox.com>
sent in by Navin Nihalani <ngn97141@emirates.net.ae>
See also the original version
@ digisign]
