I am trying to setup a 2 way LAN. PC to PC connection, and I am hosting a game on a windows 2000 computer. But I want to be able to have my FreeBSD computer connected by LAN to the Win2000 PC, is it possible? and what would I have to do?
Thanks,
-Jon
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 Apr 5 2003, 11:40 am
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Apr 6 2003, 9:11 am
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Jinjo21
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I dont believe you can. Win2000 network software isnt compatible with BSD software. To access the network they have to relay packets back and fourth to each other and i believe BSD headers and WIN2k headers are different. Then again i may be wrong, But they never mentioned it in cisco routing classes....
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This is completely, 100% wrong. Please try to understand what you're talking about before posting.
BSD and Windows can network with each other just fine - they both speak standard TCP/IP (in fact, Windows uses the BSD TCP/IP stack internally). You need either a hub or switch and have both machines connected to it. You need to give them both IP addresses on the same subnet (for example, 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2). When you host a game on one machine, connecting from the other is then as simple as typing byond://ipaddress:port into the other. You just need to know your IP addresses and the port on which BYOND is currently hosting. | |