Network Lan Lag Problem

[Spekyr]

Gday

I'm currently having problems with my network,

I'm just using a red wire to connect the 2 computers up
I can see the other computer, and all that, I can ping it in cmd prompt and it gets 1ms, so I don't see any problems there, but when I go to play a game say starcraft, it's ultimately laggy, so I tried in a quake game, and saw that the ping on my computer was 120 - 130, and on the other computer 14

does anyone have any solutions?

[johnwill]

Are you playing Internet games? If so, I'd lose ICS and install a broadband router.

[Spekyr]

No I am not playing on the internet,
using a red Cat5e Cable to link up both computers,

They both can ping each other fine in command prompt, but when games tried to be played, I lag alot, and I mean its unplayable, and I am yet to find someone who can workout the problem, I have turned off all my firewalls and all that
even bought a new network card today, but no luck, still the same problem occcurs

please helppppp

[johnwill]

If you're not using Internet sharing, I'd just connect the two without ICS. That will probably fix the lags.

[Spekyr]

whats an ICS

[johnwill]

OK, let's back up. Do you share the Internet on the two computer? How did you configure the two machines to connect?

On each machine, do this:

For 98 or ME, Start, Run, COMMAND to open a DOS window:
--- or ---
For 2K or XP, Start, Run, CMD to open a DOS window:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

[Spekyr]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Frieda Campbell>cd\

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BAZZA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : unwired.com.au

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-528TX PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-9A-38-58-53
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.179.115
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : unwired.com.au
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-3A-1E-AA
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 220.101.80.9
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 220.101.80.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.11.1.11
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 220.101.191.16
220.101.191.17
125.63.255.11
125.63.255.74
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 01 December 2006 09:52:16
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 01 December 2006 10:52:16



Just networked, I don't share internet through the computers, I just want to use it to play lan games with my brother, just using a red cat5e wire to connect them up, no hub no switches, just plugged into one network, into the other

[Spekyr]

this is driving me nuts

[johnwill]

It appears that you have two network cards in, with one connected to an Internet supplier, is that correct?

You need to configure the second card that you're connecting to the other machine with a fixed IP address, and likewise the other one.

PC1:
IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Address: 255.255.255.0

PC2:
IP Address: 192.168.0.3
Subnet Address: 255.255.255.0

See if that gets you talking.