HELP: Mario Kart Double Dash/LAN/Link Up problem

[RandomHajile2]

hi, i bought 2 brand new ntsc mario karts on gc b4 xmas as i wanted to play link up with my teenage bros and kid sister (they all are very good at this game)

i bought 2 broadband adapters, one from usa and one from uk (should work together right?)

and i have a black usa GC and a purple switched jpn GC. (could this be the problem?)

i bought a 5meter crossover cat5e cable from a name brand (belkin) just to be on the safe side but i keep getting a msg when linking up on a blue background that there was a failiure in lan link up... read the manual...

i think they do know there is another GC atached as i get a msg with a red background if a disconect the cable on purpous!

i have found a faq on the subject and he just says test every thing, blah blah. but is there anyone hear with GC LAN XP??

thanks in advance


also

here is what i managed to find on the subject...

http://www.gamesradar.com/us/gc/game...5304&faqId=415

D: Trouble
Sometimes you will probably do wrong and be wondering WTH did I do wrong?
If it?s instructions on your TV, try to follow them. If not look if you
have
done everything right. I will list the most things that can go wrong for
you
here.
* PAL-users only: Be sure that all systems either have 50 Hz or 60 Hz. You
can
not combine those.
* Watch your cable. It must be an Ethernet cable with an RJ45 connector.
Other
names for it is Category 5 cable, Cat 5 Ethernet cable, Patch cable, A
10 megabit (10Base-T) or 100 megabit (100Base-TX) network cable. It MUST
be
compatible with 10 megabit.
* Watch your cable again. It must be an crossover cable if it?s between two
system without a hub. And it must be an non crossover (with other words,
a
ordinary) cable if it?s in a Hub.
* Watch your cable again. Is it really connected to the Hub or your
Broadband
Adapter?
* Did you Reset or turned one system off and interrutped the data
transmission? Then you need to repeat the start sequence again.
* You should only have Nintendo Gamecube?s in your Hub. Try again with only
your systems in the Hub.
* Is the Hub compatible with 10 megabit (10Base-T)? It must be. And it does
exist 100Base-T Hub?s that are not compatible with 10Base-t (I know it?s
stupid).
* You can not have more than eight systems in the Hub at the same moment. I
guess they don?t know where to find information if you do.
* Something is broken! You need to try each of everything to see what?s
broken and replace it.

[Shinebi]

So, both of the games are US, the consoles are both set to US too and they're connected with a crossed cable? And you do start up one game first, then select 'host game' or similar, then try to connect on the other console by selecting 'join in'?

Guess this method should work, haven't tried lan games on the GC yet (but I have no trouble connecting to PC).

[RandomHajile2]

hi, yes 2 brand new ntsc/usa copys of the game

1 usa console, 1 jap console switched to usa

2 broadband adapters

1 5meter crossover cable

it says there was an error conecting, check the manual

[Shinebi]

Is the cable bought or home-made and did you check it on any other hardware (eg PC) for connection issues? If it's homemade, it could be that the wires don't connect to the plugs in a correct way...?