Networking 3 Laptops

[1bellb]

Right Me and 2 of my friends at college want to play a 3 player game on our laptops, but how can I connect the three, before it was just two of us and we used a Crossover Cable, but I cannot find an adapter that is portable so that we can connect our laptop together. I dont really want to carry a Switch around with me and I dont really want anything that needs an external power source. Is there another way to connect the three laptop together.
Thanks
Ben

 

[=XHumed=]

Wired - you will need a hub or a switch

Do the laptops have wireless capability? if so you should be able to set up an ad-hoc wireless network.

 

[1bellb]

Thanks, ill try the wireless network Tommorrow and see if that works, Ta

 

[=XHumed=]

this shows the basic steps in setting up the ad-hoc wireless network:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx

is for XP but i imagine isn't much different in principle for Vista. ignore the bit about internet connection sharing... start from 'How to set up the first computer'