Trying to connect to a IP

[lobo]

Ok here is the ?, Iam trying to connect to a friends ip so we can play a game (Dawn of war) ok He is on a different WAN and if it matters i can ping his gateway but that just isnt getting us far enouth. His Computers ip does'nt work cause it is the normal LAN ip that his router gives him. the ? is i guess is there a way that we can connect???

[therenegade]

Tell him to look up port forwarding for his router.

Cheers

[bagggi]

wireless?

games will not work multiplayer on the wireless. they dont understand wireless network somehow.

have tried it. you can transfer files and stuff but not able to play games. maybe its just the games i have tried, as somehow they always freese up whenever i have tried to connect through the wireless...

[shatteredsoul]

Games can't be played on wireless... I better disconnect my wireless then and stop playing DoW, Ravenshield, Eve online, City of Heros, and many others that I play. You must have meant games cannot be played accross an AD-HOC network connection, Which I'm not sure if it would work or not. I do play multiplayer games within my lan across wireless without any issues though. Chances are since it is on a "diffrent" wan that they are not on the same network and it IS a port forwarding issue.

[lobo]

Thanks for the help everyone

[CybertecOne]

games will not work multiplayer on the wireless. they dont understand wireless network somehow

This could be perhaps that a 'wireless' network uses TCP/IP Protocol to communicate with each device. Most games AFAIK typically use the IPX Protocol. This needs to be installed on each adapter on each workstation and depending on your gateway/firewall to also be configured.

Apart from that, w/less does not work any differently from a wired network (Providing they both use the same protoco )

[edit] you might also want to look at point-to-point (PPTP) VPN from your router, across the wuh wuh wuh, and to your friends router. [/edit]

[Aardpsymon]

Theres a neat little program out there called Hamachi.

It uses the internet to establish a virtual LAN between clients. This might help solve your problem.

[SirDice]

Most games AFAIK typically use the IPX Protocol.

The last game that needed IPX/SPX was Doom IIRC. Doom 1 that is..

[phishphreek]

The last game that needed IPX/SPX was Doom IIRC. Doom 1 that is..

Ok, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who caught that. I'm sitting here scratching my head... wa-wa-wa-what?!

[SirDice]

Yeah, I had to look at the date of the thread to make sure this wasn't some oldy that floated back up..