Diablo LAN game

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:19 pm

Hey me and my friend are sitting here bored so we tried to make a diablo server to play together in (Yes diablo 1) So it doesnt support cross over and the only way to do it without a network is over a phone line. To connect to a person you need their dial up modems phone number. How do you find your modems phone number? Thanks

-Tim

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:49 pm

If I'm not mistaken isn't it your own home phone number?

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:59 pm

I dont think so since in no way is my computer related to my home phone number, its never been hooked up through dial up, it may be meant for people who arent sitting next to eachother I realized, people who actually are online with dial up

Post by **Black Six** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:05 pm

So you guys are in different houses trying to connect to each other over your dialup modems? In that case, whatever phone line you're plugged into you be your modem's number. So, if you only have one phone line in your house, then that's the number, if you have multiple, it depends which one you're hooked up to.
BTW- Great choice of a game, I love the original Diablo (and the sequel).

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:24 pm

HomicidalBarber wrote:I dont think so since in no way is my computer related to my home phone number

If the modem is plugged into the jack, it's related. You set your computer to listen to the phone line, and have your friend call you (using the game, of course) Your computer "hears" the phone ring, and picks up. After that, your computers talk to each other and away you go! I used to do that every now and then with a friend of mine

Post by **Triton** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:49 pm

i think he means dialup networking, using dialup modems to connecto to eachother?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:51 pm

I don't think so, they become some kind of a network when they are connected like that.

Post by **Triton** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:55 pm

which is what i said buell! dialupNETWORKing lol

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:19 am

Well, I was looking at this

HomicidalBarber wrote:the only way to do it without a network

Post by **Black Six** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:09 am

SpongeBuell wrote:Well, I was looking at this

HomicidalBarber wrote:the only way to do it without a network

Yeah, if they're close enough they can connect the modems directly to each other, they could just as easily set up a network. You would just need to make sure both computers have IPX network drivers installed.

sam · Post by **sam** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:54 am

Btw, does anyone want to play D2:LoD? East cost non ladder?

HomicidalBarber · Post by **HomicidalBarber** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:12 pm

Let me specify a few things, we were just sitting there next to eachother with a phone line, I dont think it was meant to be used in that way though. But Maybe, I dunno

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:48 pm

sam wrote:Btw, does anyone want to play D2:LoD? East cost non ladder?

Possibly. I'd have to reinstall it. And I'd be starting from scratch.

As for the thing. I've done diablo through dialup modem to another dialup modem. Not hard just be sure the person hosting has a good connection and good hardware specs.

As for the phoneline network... Those networks can get up to 10Mbitsp/s, not as fast as ethernet though. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/phone-network.htm talks about it here.

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