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| CoryBee:
If you really wish to have easy access to your Arcade Machine via a wireless connection I suggest you do this. Install your wireless card Open up its adapter properties and change the default gateway to something like 10.10.10.10 or anything non existent. This will disable internet access but still allow you to connect to the local network. Install TightVNC on this computer and the computer you will update it from Do all updates and control through this control computer. You can transfer files you downloaded on your regular system through VNC and still maintain the integrity of your Arcade Machine. ------- I personally don't allow any connection and just update through USB |
| CoryBee:
--- Quote from: Fursphere on August 27, 2013, 11:01:05 pm --- (why the hell are still running XP again?) --- End quote --- Because you can still build MAME machines using $20 dell optiplex 256mb\512mb RAM computers...... --- Quote from: Fursphere on August 27, 2013, 11:01:05 pm ---I think you missed the point of what I was saying. Simply plugging your Windows XP based system (why the hell are still running XP again?) into the "Internet" will not effect performance. If you have Windows set to auto-update - there could be something there to blame. --- End quote --- I always install a fresh copy of windows in each system I build (have made a lot now) and always disable any auto update features and since I am using a striped down version of XP most services that I wont use are already disabled or removed without me having to mess with it. Despite this I have had a couple times when I did nothing but connect to the internet on one of these and download video\audio drivers from the manufacture's website and something funny happens. I have no idea what actually caused it those few times but ever since installing the same drivers from USB I have had no issues. I think overall in a system like this the internet, access to it and it just sitting idle while connected, is a bad idea. It hails home as soon as it is connected. Does it change anything? Don't know, would depend on a lot of things considering the different security functions and protocols in the different service packs. But I prefer to be on the safe side as these machines I build will be in the hands of people who do not have the know how to fix any issues that may arise down the road. :cheers: |
| icecube45:
--- Quote from: CoryBee on August 27, 2013, 11:11:09 pm ---If you really wish to have easy access to your Arcade Machine via a wireless connection I suggest you do this. Install your wireless card Open up its adapter properties and change the default gateway to something like 10.10.10.10 or anything non existent. This will disable internet access but still allow you to connect to the local network. Install TightVNC on this computer and the computer you will update it from Do all updates and control through this control computer. You can transfer files you downloaded on your regular system through VNC and still maintain the integrity of your Arcade Machine. ------- I personally don't allow any connection and just update through USB --- End quote --- Since my router allows the sharing of an external harddrive, I might save the highscores to that, and use them via online scoreboard (If I can get one working, that is) |
| CoryBee:
--- Quote from: icecube45 on August 27, 2013, 11:27:55 pm ---Since my router allows the sharing of an external harddrive, I might save the highscores to that, and use them via online scoreboard (If I can get one working, that is) --- End quote --- So disable internet using this method but still retaining the ability to do online scoreboard from your machines? I like it! You need a program to pull from the "hiscore.dat" file on your hard drive and post that on an online score board? |
| icecube45:
--- Quote from: CoryBee on August 27, 2013, 11:33:07 pm --- --- Quote from: icecube45 on August 27, 2013, 11:27:55 pm ---Since my router allows the sharing of an external harddrive, I might save the highscores to that, and use them via online scoreboard (If I can get one working, that is) --- End quote --- So disable internet using this method but still retaining the ability to do online scoreboard from your machines? I like it! You need a program to pull from the "hiscore.dat" file on your hard drive and post that on an online score board? --- End quote --- I can symlink the hi folder to the external harddrive, the only problem is converting the .hi files to a .txt or .html See my software forum post Here : http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134218.0.html |
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