Me and my brother both recently bought D-link wireless network cards so that we could set up an Ad-Hoc network and play games against each other. I installed both the cards and used the D-Link software to set up the network. It took a while to do but eventually we got green status bars with the cards both saying they were working and had strong signals. My problems are these:

a) How do I know that the cards are in fact interacting with each other? When I browse 'My Computer' on both PC's the other PC doesn't show, how for example could I swap a file between both computers to prove that they actually are 'connected'?

b} We want to play games against each other but the games we want to play require the IPX protocol to be installed. I have installed the IPX protocol to the 'network bridge' but when a game is started on one computer the other computer can't see it. It states online that the IPX protocol can't be installed on XP but I have managed to do it I think so why is this?

We are both running Windows XP Professional Corporate Edition, could this have anything to do with it?

I would be very greatful for any help.

It sounds like you have the wireless connection and the problem is at the network level. To see files in windows you have to share the files. Did u enable sharing? And if so, did you enable individual files, folders or drives to be shared?

The second one I'm kind of at a loss at. Why in the world a game would still use IPX is beyond me. Even Novell doesnt use IPX anymore and they made it. It could be anything from not setting the IPX addressing correctly to something miss configured in the game settings. Maybe try the Novell Netware section of computing.net if no one in this section can figure it out.

Thanks for that input mate, I rang the D-linl support line and they showed me how to map a network drive and it worked, I can also ping both computers so they are connected. I still can't pla the games though, I am really trying to play Red Alert 2 so I will ask in the Novell Netware section like you suggest.