Re: LAN network help?
Originally posted by Omad0n
Hey all I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how, or point me in the right direction of how to set up a LAN network between 2 computers. 1 is a G4 with OSX and the other is a windows machine. I just need the network set up so that the computers recognize each other and i can play a LAN game ofWarcraft 3. I know I need a crossover cable to connect them, but I don't know what to do from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Steve
Yes, crossover cable would be the cheapest. Some of the new macs actually don't need a crossover, as they can figure out on their own whether one is necessary.
Probably the easiest thing to do would be to turn on internet connection sharing on the pc, as it will then configure the mac as long as it has dhcp enabled.
otherwise...
There are ranges of IP addresses reserved for private networks (ie, yours). Set up the following IP addresses manually:
Computer 1:
IP address 192.168.1.10
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.1.10 (or leave blank)
computer 2:
ip address 192.168.1.11
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.1.11 (or leave blank)
Any address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 are valid. Usually the .1 address is reserved for your router/default gateway. the .255 address is your broadcast address, so you want to avoid that. .0 is your base address, and is also not used.
Before you do that, You might just want to try to connect them together and see if it works. Both macs and PCs use the auto-ip subnet if they can't find a dhcp server to get an address. It might work just by connecting them, try that first.
Good luck
