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Title: LAN Question
Post by: kirby_killer_dedede on October 25, 2003, 06:03:21 AM

I'm not too sure about what exactly LAN is.  How does it work, what does it do, etc.  I'm planning on getting Mario Kart and 1080, and just maybe Kirby Air Ride, so I need to know.  Thanks!

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: SuperLink666 on October 25, 2003, 06:40:20 AM

hook up gamecubes to play on difference tvs local area network not too complicated.

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: BlkPaladin on October 25, 2003, 12:36:26 PM

Here a quick run down on how to use Lan.

First you need the broadband for each of the Gamecubes.
Then you need a hub and a Ethernet or Cat-5 cable for each to run from the gamecube to the switch and you hook them up. That's usally it.

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: ExtremeGcube on October 26, 2003, 11:03:49 AM

could one just use a crossover cable to connect the two gamecubes together.  That is if you just wanted to connect to gamecubes?  If this is that case then the only things you really need are 2 gamecubes, 2 tvs, 2 MKDD, and 1 crossover cable.  

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: Hostile Creation on October 26, 2003, 11:55:02 AM

I highly recommend Kirby Air Ride.  I don't think LAN is particularly good for it (I think 4 players is still the max available, even if you use multiple TVs), but it is a great game.

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: joshnickerson on October 26, 2003, 12:09:34 PM

Hmmm... with Nintendo putting in these LAN capabilities in their in-house games and unofficially encouraging people to use "tunneling" to go online... I wonder if Pokemon Colusseum will use LAN for it's own multi-player portions....

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: manunited4eva22 on October 26, 2003, 02:31:24 PM

Well technically it is official, they gave gamespy a gamecube license.

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: Boffo on October 27, 2003, 09:10:53 PM

Yeah, I'm curious also if you need a regular ethernet cable or if you must use a crossover cable to directly connect 2 gamecubes in a LAN. (NO HUB/ROUTER)

Note to Mods:  This has nothing to do with Warp Pipe, this is strictly offline i'm talking about, so please don't close it.

This is a pretty important question and no site has really touched on this.  That's so bizarre.

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: Bloodworth on October 27, 2003, 10:10:24 PM

I think you just use a regular ethernet cable.  I plan on simply unplugging the one from my computer and putting it in the GC.

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: cheers69 on October 27, 2003, 10:20:38 PM

yer normal kat5e should be fine  

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: KDR_11k on October 28, 2003, 05:25:20 AM

It works just like a computer: For direct links use Crossover, for a link to a hub use Twisted Pair.

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: Plugabugz on October 28, 2003, 08:27:48 AM

KDR, I believed it was straight for PC-PC and crossover for PC-Hub-PC?

Title: RE:LAN Question
Post by: Myxtika1 Azn on October 28, 2003, 10:42:05 AM

No, it's crossover for PC-PC

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: Uglydot on October 28, 2003, 02:18:15 PM

Cross-over is from pc to pc, you can also use them to connect a pc to the uplink port of a router, as I am doing at this very moment.  Straight is for pc-hub or pc-router.

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: manunited4eva22 on October 28, 2003, 03:38:32 PM

Uglydot is right.

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: Plugabugz on October 28, 2003, 11:24:41 PM

Thanks for clarifying that

Title: RE: LAN Question
Post by: KDR_11k on October 29, 2003, 03:12:54 AM

Usually crossover cable is black, twisted pair ones are gray.