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How can I play StarCraft On my Cable With My Friend
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Phoenix
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I just switched from aol to cable but I cant play starcraft with my friend over cable, is there a way to fix this???
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley, CA, US
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I don't know if you're trying to play on BNET or over a LAN. Can you be a bit more specific?
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brown is sweeter
me_puter: outdated
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Phoenix
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Im Not trying to hook up to bnet, I always choose the modem connection in the menu. But when we try to connect to each other it never workis, cause my computer says it couldnt find a dial tone,
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkeley, CA, US
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Ok, I'm utterly confused now. I thought you wanted to play with your friend using your cable connection. Now you say you want to do it using your modem? If you want to do it over a modem then you have to have your computer hooked up to a phone line and have your TCP/IP configured to use your modem (which I take now is configured to be used with your cable).
Sometimes you can't communicate well by typing things. If you decide to give up on here, give Blizzard a call as they are very helpful.
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brown is sweeter
me_puter: outdated
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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No need to call Blizzard.
Well, it's no surprise you can't connect to your friend's computer using a modem, because you don't have a modem hooked up! Before, you used a dial-up ISP, which had the added "benefit" (although it's not really a benefit) of being able to connect to a computer directly. Now you don't have a modem hooked up, so of course your computer's complaining it can't find a dial tone. The solution to the problem is to use Battle.net. This is a very excellent solution, though. Instead of limiting yourself to 56 Kbps, you can now transfer data in the order of 100's of Kbps. Use Battle.net.
Hope that helped.
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Fyre4ce
"I need a vacation." - Terminator robot
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Fyre4ce
Let it burn.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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If you want to connect using a modem (I can't see why you would...) then there are ways to accomplish that, but it will be easier and faster if you use Battle.net.
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Fyre4ce
"I need a vacation." - Terminator robot
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Fyre4ce
Let it burn.
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SG3
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Or if you don't want to be on Battle.net you can both connect using the IPX protocol...
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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Metal, I think you're confused. The modem connection is a direct connection between two modems via phones - a cable modem uses traditional TV cable to connect. A cable modem isn't a phone modem, thus there is no dial tone from the phone.
You should use Battle.Net - you can't connect by modem unless you're using your old modem anymore. AOL doesn't matter, that was your ISP. A modem connection is going directly to the other person, so you don't need it to play.
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