How do I setup Quake or Quake 2 for playing over a LAN?
Having gone through the trials and tribulations of setting up a LAN (Local Area Network) in my home, and getting it up and running for Quake and Q2, I wrote instructions on how to go about setting up all of Windows’ fiddely Network Control Panel settings properly for gaming and for file/printer sharing. Click here to go to my network setup instructions… Once you have two (or more) computers setup on a LAN, you can easily setup for a game. GLQuake uses the IPX network protocol while Q2 uses either TCP/IP or IPX for deathmatch play. Most games use either IPX or TCP/IP. SETTING UP THE HOST COMPUTER: One computer needs to be the host server: For GLQuake, go to the Options menu and select “Multiplayer”, then “New Game”, and then select “IPX”. Follow the prompts from here to setup a game. For Quake 2, select “Multiplayer”, then “Start Network Server”. Follow the prompts from here to setup a game. SETTING UP THE CLIENT COMPUTERS: For GLQuake, on the client computer, go the “Options” menu, s
