Author: Harald Faber
Date: 02:52:37 03/22/04
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On March 22, 2004 at 00:40:17, Nick Rowe wrote: > I have recently gotten a second computer and have wanted to network the two >computers. One of the computers is connected to my router wirelessly(computer >A) and the other cmputer is hard wired(computer B). The hard wired computer(B) >can see and access files on the wireless computer(A). The wireless computer(A) >can see the wired computer(B), but can not access it or files. Both computers >have sharing activated. > >If i ever get this to work can programs play each other directly through a >network? > >Thanks Do you have Windows XP and the firewall active? Or another firewall? The network play works e.g. with NetChess by Bernhard Wallner. Only restriction: one of the two players has to be winboard or uci engine, see http://home.arcor.de/bernhard.wallner/netChess.html. With that tool you can bind as many computers as you have to analyze a position on them with only one GUI active. It works like this: You setup the engines of your wish on the computers 2+3. On your first computer you bind the engines from computers 2+3. You start the GUI and import the binded engines from computers 2+3 like you would with a usual winboard/uci engine. You have the 2 engines in your available engine list. The only difference: if you start them, they run on the foreign computer without stealing cpu resources from the first computer. This works for engine tournaments as well as infinite analysis etc. With those engines you can do whatever you can do with "normal" engines which are physically on your first computer!
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