Warp Pipe: Testing Complete, Specification Coming

July 16, 2003

Testing Complete, Specification Coming

After 5 days of testing, I am ready to publish my results. Tonight I was able to connect two GameCubes over a LAN and capture the communication between the two GameCubes, thanks to my friend importing Kirby Air Ride.

You can view the video of our complete LAN race by clicking here.

What's next you say? Well, I created a project on sourceforge a few days ago. As soon as I publish my findings, the specification of the protocol Nintendo is using, and a few suggestions about what needs to be done to bridge two LANs together (a simple tunnel will not do), I will be aggressively recruiting developers.

Posted by Chad at July 16, 2003 03:32 AM

Comments

What are the essentials items needed for LAN ?

I have 2 gamecubes, 2 broadband modems, 2 KIRBYS AMES + what cable ???

help me ??

Posted by: Eddie at July 16, 2003 09:53 AM

AWESOME! More details please!!

Posted by: at July 16, 2003 11:37 AM

I got it.

ETERNET CROSS-OVER CABLE is the one!

now..

All i need 2 more GC systems to lan 4 players.

10/100-base-T cable does not work.

PS: If I plug it in to the HUB... I can get internet Online battle - how ??

Posted by: Eddie at July 16, 2003 11:41 AM

i dont get whats so special about this? lol its meant to have lan support

Posted by: Mog7/dlandz at July 16, 2003 02:47 PM

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Posted by: Chris at July 16, 2003 05:09 PM

We can not use a HUB ? Only CROSS-OVER Cable ?

Posted by: nge_marduk at July 17, 2003 02:07 PM

I don't think some of you understand the point of the project. The point is not to connect two systems that are in the same room but rather to exploit the Gamecube's LAN option and play with people in different parts of the country. Best example of that right now would be Halo on Xbox. This seems to be the only way the Gamecube will ever go online though albiet not officially.

Posted by: Jack at July 18, 2003 03:00 AM

"This seems to be the only way the Gamecube will ever go online though albiet not officially."

Well I understand what you mean but just to save confusion, this seems to be the only way Gamecube LAN games will ever go online, PSO has been playable online for quite sometime now.

Posted by: at July 20, 2003 10:41 PM

I can't get the link working :(.

Posted by: Toshminosh at August 24, 2003 09:44 AM