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Welcome to the black art of networking
To be any real help,I need more info about your computers (Do they have
network connection,what type of internet connection etc As much info as
possible really)
Before you attempt anything,let Google be your newest best friend and
research.There are a lot of sites which will give detailed instructions
Start with this one
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/ics.html There are more
links down the bottom of the page
"Graham" <graham.me(nospam)@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:d9jqqq$p2k$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>I have acquired a second PC and want to know if I can use it to set up a
>three monitor view? I would like to run three monitors with a from and two
>side views.
It can be done if your main computers video card has 2 outputs
> My main PC is a P4 gig and NVIDIA FX5600 video card.
> Can I connect both PC's together with a simple cable connection or do I
> need to setup a network? If a network, I know nothing about this so what
> do I need to run with FS2004? I have read about network hubs, but have no
> idea what sort I need to run FS2004. Switch, USB etc etc so many types can
> someone tell me exactly what I need?
Basic instructions (This is how I do it,others have different methods)
Remove all throwable objects from within reach of where you sit. (the reason
for this will become apparent)
For a simple network (just the 2 puters with no internet) what you need is a
for both computers to have ethernet (network) connections. For a 1Ghz
machine machine I would say that you will need a network card in each
machine.Newer motherboards come with the ethernet plughole built in.
Next you need a crossover lead,which is different from a normal CAT5
lead,though they look identical.Any half decent computer shop will have them
Disconnect from the internet so you can disable firewalls etc without being
hacked from the net.(if running XP,it will take about 10 seconds before
someone finds your computer and wrecks it)
Plug the crossover lead into both computers.
Go into "Network connections " in control panel .You should see "Local area
connection" Right click on it and go to properties.You want to set a static
IP address for both computers (Usually 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 will do)
and make sure both computers have the same workgroup name (this should be
MSHOME by default,and if the computers havent been fiddled with too
much,they should be both still set at this)Turn off any firewalls you have
running.
Enable "File and Printer sharing"
Go into windows explorer and see if the computers can see each other (My
Network Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network/MShome).If you see
both computers names,crack a beer and celebrate.
The first time I hooked up 2 computers,it took me 2 weeks to get working, so
dont be surprised if it doesnt work straight away. Once you get the hang of
it, it takes about 30 seconds
If you want to get both computers connected to the internet,this is a whole
different kettle of fish and has reduced grown men to tears (myself
included) It involves the thing we do not speak the name of (Mr Internet
Connection Sharing, a total bastard if ever there was one)
> Can I run two monitors off my NVIDIA card? Dunno,have a look at the
> back of the card
>
> Do I need FS2004 installed on both PC's? Yes,with FSUIPC installed in
> both sims (free download from
http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html ) and
> Wideview
Hope this helped in some way
> Sorry to have so many questions. Any help or advice on how to set this up
> would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Graham
>
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