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    Adhoc wireless networks between 2 differing OS's

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ravenmorpheus, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. ravenmorpheus

    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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    Hi there

    I've got XP on my notebook (as well as Vista) and my mates have Vista only. I want to use an adhoc wireless network to play Dawn of War Soul Storm over using XP.

    I can create an adhoc wireless network and we can all connect. But the game doesn't let us play over it. We can all play over a adhoc wireless net using Vista but seeing as I don't generally use Vista all that much (I use XP because it's better for gaming and I game a lot) I don't want to have to boot into Vista as I don't have all my bits n bobs on there.

    Can anyone advise me on why we may be having problems play DoW SS over an adhoc wireless net when I use XP.

    Thanks in advance for any help/advice :)
     
    ravenmorpheus, Apr 10, 2008
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    just make an adhoc connection. idk how to do it in xp, but it is really easy in vista, then connect to it as if it were a internet connection
     
    aan310, Apr 10, 2008
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    Yeah that's what we did, like I said we could connect but the game wouldn't let us see the matches we were creating...

    The network was communicating because our wireless led's were flashing as if there was data being passed back and forth (not that the led's flashing really means anything).
     
    ravenmorpheus, Apr 10, 2008
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