I have two computers with ethernet cards. I want to set up a LAN connection in order to play multiplayer games.

Can you tell me how to connect these computers?

I've heard about the hub connection but I don't have a clear idea about it.

Some older games like Age of Empires 1 only have serial connection options. Does anyone have ideas for playing multiplayer (LAN) in games (old and new)?

Edited out the all caps and fixed some grammar. ;)

Next time you post something at any forum...I would advise against using all caps...Many people find it annoying...

I fixed it. But it seems to me that english isn't his native tongue. And I think that people can hook up port to port with serial cables, but I'm not sure. My brother has a router that I used when I was visiting his house a while ago. We used it to hook both computers up to battle.net to play StarCraft. That's the best I've got.

-Of Doom :matrixguy:
P.S. I'm moving this to computer gaming...

Works best with broadband.

Get yourself a router or network hub and using an Ethernet card and Cat5(ethernet) cable connect them, then set up any additional stuff.

To check it works type in \\'computer_name'\

where 'computer_name' is the Windows name of the other computer.

My brother went to a lan party. He played halo and unreal tournament with 7 other guys and stayed up all night. I wasn't invited. :( :( :( :( :( :(

Thats really sad! :(

yeah online tornaments rule!

You poor poor thing! I've been to tons of LAN parties. They're AWESOME.

I have no LAN. and Annoyingly, all the GCN LAN games really don't let you do more then normal... But I think Mario Kart gave you up to 16 players... Sweet. :charmed:

everything everyone has said here DOES NOT HELP THIS GUY. buy a linksys router. A switch is a dumb hub, all it does is network 802.2 ethernet and split bandwidth. a router is a smart hub, it sends bandwidth based on what computer needs it and what MAC adress that ip ranges to. make sure you have dsl. the router comes with a installation CD (i use hyper terminal because im a networker and practice setting up industrial routers) make sure you add the default gateway 192.168.1.1 to your TCP protacol. assuming you have windows 98 that is. make sure you change you workgroup name, it must be exactly the same (even caps) on both computers. make sure you connected to internet with DSL modem, then hook other computer to router (the one with no connection) pop in CD and follow directions, it will setup anything automaticly. i know allot about linksys routers and there the best. i took computer cisco networking classes and we used cisco linksys routers there, there great and the collision domain is impressive. if anyone want to learn about ALL aspects of networking (subnetting, ip ranging, port adressing, routers, switces, 802.2 standards, 802.3 standards token ring, collision domains, cisco layers, NIC's, MAC adresses. port range fowarding ip classes...) take a cisco class at a college, you will be genious if you pass, pay attaneion and have fun.

a newb at its best dont listen to this guy, a router is a smart hub (sends bandwidth based on ip adresses, MAC adresses.) and a switch is a dumb hub (sends bandwidth EVERYWHERE pretty much evenly). for instance you have 3 computers networked with a router (decision making hub with RGRP protacol) and 1 of them is playing a online game and the other is downloading a song, one is off. the one thats off is givin no bandwidth, one playing game and one downloading bandwidth is slplit according to who needs hwo much and most. playing the game gets allot and the rest goes to the song. a switch would just send bandwidth to all 3 ports. (legendary ice man, a NIC is a network interface card DUH!!!! and to check if it workss you can try to ping the other computer, if you get a response its obviously done right)