Play Games Over Wireless Network?

[gr1340]

Hello.

I have a wireless network at home. I use a Netgear DG834G v2 router (IP 192.168.0.1) and 2 laptops with wireless conections.
I have set both IP address as fixed IP's:
Laptop1 - 192.168.0.3
Laptop2 - 192.168.0.7

I ran the XP (both are running XP home SP2) network wizard and connected them both to MSHOME.

Now, when I go into laptop1 Network Neighbourhood, I can see the shared folders on laptop1 and laptop2

When I do the same on laptop2 I can only see the shared folders on laptop2.

Why is this?

Also, my main question is, can I play network games on them?

I tried with Motocross Madness 1. Installed it on both and set up a game on laptop1. I tried to connect to it using laptop2 by entering the IP address of the router and also tried the laptop1 IP as well but it didn't work.

Am I right in thinking I should be able to play over my network and if so, how?

Many thanks

[Greenstead]

Should work just fine.
Why are you using fixed IPs? It can conceal connection problems. Better to use automatic IP and DNS.

How you connect for a game depends on the game. Normally one PC would be the game server so it would be the PC IP (computername) you use rather than the router.