I've searched and am unable to find an answer.I have 2 machines, both with FS9 installed. Neither of them connect to the Internet.My questions are: "Can I connect them together so that both machines can fly together in formation flying? If so, what hardware configuration would allow this? Would a special utility program be required?I am aware that online flying would be the answer but I chose to keep these machines without Internet access.Thank you, in advance, for any help and suggestions.Kind Regards,Bobby

Hi,If you fit both PC's with a network card, put the PC's in the same workgroup and assign both with an fixed IP address, my guess it should be working.In FS you can connect to another FS PC via TCP/IP.If you don't have a network hub, I think you should use a twisted UTP cable, with which you can connect both PC's directly.If you do have a network hub, you put both network cables in the hub.Be advised: I'm not an expert, but I think it should work.

To add to Egbert's answer.If you just want to join the 2 PC's together and don't want internet access on either PC then you just want a UTP cross-over cable and a network card on each PC ( a lot of motherboards have a network connection built in).If you are running Windows XP there is a network wizard that will guide you through setting up a simple network.Once you have the network up and running start FS on each PC then on one PC start multiplayer and HOST a session and on the other PC start multiplayer and JOIN the session on the other PC.Good luck and happy formation flying.

Thank you very much for both of your help. I really appreciate it.Kind Regards,Bobby