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> We are staying in a hotel that provides wireless internet for our
> laptop. Because we we're bored my friend and I installed warcraft III
> in both of our machines and tried to connect to each other by creating
> a wireless network. We followed the steps on creating an ad hoc WLAN
> but still our machines can't connect to each other. I'm using a dell
> e1405 and his is a IBM x41.
>
> Really need your help
>

> I don't play warcraft III but as you both appear to be able to connect to
> the hotel network, it might be quicker to use that connection for your
> warcraft game.
>
> As to your question, it could be lots of reasons. Probably your firewalls
> come into play as well as your security settings. I'd suggest entering your
> password as hex values. A better description of what error messages you are
> getting would help, as well as exactly what steps you have done to put your
> machines in Ad-Hoc mode.
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
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> <sam.alham***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167153767.338654.141250@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > We are staying in a hotel that provides wireless internet for our
> > laptop. Because we we're bored my friend and I installed warcraft III
> > in both of our machines and tried to connect to each other by creating
> > a wireless network. We followed the steps on creating an ad hoc WLAN
> > but still our machines can't connect to each other. I'm using a dell
> > e1405 and his is a IBM x41.
> >
> > Really need your help
> >

> I don't play warcraft III but as you both appear to be able to connect to
> the hotel network, it might be quicker to use that connection for your
> warcraft game.
>
> As to your question, it could be lots of reasons. Probably your firewalls
> come into play as well as your security settings. I'd suggest entering your
> password as hex values. A better description of what error messages you are
> getting would help, as well as exactly what steps you have done to put your
> machines in Ad-Hoc mode.
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone
> to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> <sam.alham***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167153767.338654.141250@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > We are staying in a hotel that provides wireless internet for our
> > laptop. Because we we're bored my friend and I installed warcraft III
> > in both of our machines and tried to connect to each other by creating
> > a wireless network. We followed the steps on creating an ad hoc WLAN
> > but still our machines can't connect to each other. I'm using a dell
> > e1405 and his is a IBM x41.
> >
> > Really need your help
> >

news:1167254845.959611.24500@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>
> David Hettel wrote:
>> I don't play warcraft III but as you both appear to be able to connect to
>> the hotel network, it might be quicker to use that connection for your
>> warcraft game.
>>
>> As to your question, it could be lots of reasons. Probably your firewalls
>> come into play as well as your security settings. I'd suggest entering
>> your
>> password as hex values. A better description of what error messages you
>> are
>> getting would help, as well as exactly what steps you have done to put
>> your
>> machines in Ad-Hoc mode.
>>
>> --
>> David Hettel
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
>> everyone
>> to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
>> in
>> E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
>> kind,
>> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability
>> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
>> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
>> or
>> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>>
>>
>>
>> <sam.alham***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167153767.338654.141250@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > We are staying in a hotel that provides wireless internet for our
>> > laptop. Because we we're bored my friend and I installed warcraft III
>> > in both of our machines and tried to connect to each other by creating
>> > a wireless network. We followed the steps on creating an ad hoc WLAN
>> > but still our machines can't connect to each other. I'm using a dell
>> > e1405 and his is a IBM x41.
>> >
>> > Really need your help
>> >
>
> we are using windows zero service to connect, added a new wireless
> network with no WEP key and checked the ad-hoc setting. after that i
> tried to connect to the created wireless network, the connection
> succeeded but when we try to ping each other's terminal using the IP
> automatically generated, it says requested time out. we tried entering
> the game and still we can't find each other when i try to host a game.
> for the firewall issue, we both turned off our firewall.
>

> If you are using an Ad-Hoc connection there is no DHCP server, you're going
> to need to pick two IP address and configure your computer manually try
> entering 10.0.0.10 for the IP address of one and 10.0.0.11 for the IP
> address of the other, use 255.255.255.0 for the Subnet mask for both.
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone
> to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability
> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> <sam.alham***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167254845.959611.24500@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > David Hettel wrote:
> >> I don't play warcraft III but as you both appear to be able to connect to
> >> the hotel network, it might be quicker to use that connection for your
> >> warcraft game.
> >>
> >> As to your question, it could be lots of reasons. Probably your firewalls
> >> come into play as well as your security settings. I'd suggest entering
> >> your
> >> password as hex values. A better description of what error messages you
> >> are
> >> getting would help, as well as exactly what steps you have done to put
> >> your
> >> machines in Ad-Hoc mode.
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Hettel
> >>
> >> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> >> everyone
> >> to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
> >> in
> >> E-mail or news groups.
> >>
> >> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >>
> >> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any
> >> kind,
> >> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy,
> >> reliability
> >> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct,
> >> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> >> or
> >> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <sam.alham***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1167153767.338654.141250@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> > We are staying in a hotel that provides wireless internet for our
> >> > laptop. Because we we're bored my friend and I installed warcraft III
> >> > in both of our machines and tried to connect to each other by creating
> >> > a wireless network. We followed the steps on creating an ad hoc WLAN
> >> > but still our machines can't connect to each other. I'm using a dell
> >> > e1405 and his is a IBM x41.
> >> >
> >> > Really need your help
> >> >
> >
> > we are using windows zero service to connect, added a new wireless
> > network with no WEP key and checked the ad-hoc setting. after that i
> > tried to connect to the created wireless network, the connection
> > succeeded but when we try to ping each other's terminal using the IP
> > automatically generated, it says requested time out. we tried entering
> > the game and still we can't find each other when i try to host a game.
> > for the firewall issue, we both turned off our firewall.
> >