Networking Problems with X-Wing Alliance

Hi,

I've had this problem for quite awhile and even had several lengthy discussions with LucasArts Tech Support.

The problem is this: One of my computers has trouble sending and receiving packets during X-Wing Alliance multiplayer gaming. All the computers are running the same version and have the latest DirectX installed. I've tried gaming over the LAN with TCP/IP and IPX, over the modem and over the internet. I've tried all the different multiplayer settings. I've tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling the game. I've tried going back to version 2.01 on all the computers. I even sacrified a chicken to the god of multiplayer gaming. The same thing happens during multiplayer, whether it's over a modem, over the LAN or over the internet: During gameplay I get those annoying windows that tell me I'm having trouble sending or receiving packets. (BTW, I have no problems with any other game.) All the computers are pretty much the same, hardware-wise, with a few exceptions, but in the hope of finding a solution, I'll list the hardware of the offender:

Win 98
Celeron 366 o/c'd to 550
128 megs PC-100 RAM
Aopen PG 128
2 12-meg Diamond Monster 3D II's in SLI
AWE 64 sound card
Realtek 100/10 PCI Fast Ethernet
Courier v.Everything 56K modem
Hauppauge WinGo TV
Iiyama 21-inch monitor
Other junk that probably doesn't matter...

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps SyGate installed something that is causing a problem. SyGate is a program that allows more than one computer to access the same internet connection. As I mentioned above, I've tried uninstalling SyGate and tidying up any entries it made under network settings, then launching multiplayer XWA, but that didn't work. Do you know if it perhaps could have changed something I'm not aware of? I probably can't ask SyGate for help because it was a shareware package that expired...yet even when I uninstalled it I noticed it left gateway and DHCP information in my network settings. I fixed that, but I'm wondering what else SyGate could have left...


Hoping You Have an Idea I Haven't Tried,

LH


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