LAN gaming

[davidw]

Is there a tutorial on here that explains how to set up a LAN for say 2 - 4 computers and a router (such as a Linksys 4 port router?)
Possible games might include:
Jedi Outcast
RTCW
Halo
(These games are considered standard for the SP/MP genre)

[mholtum]

1:Make sure all comps are in the same workgroup.
2: set TCP/IP to auto.

Game away!

[davidw]

Ok, what about for someone who has tried all that?

[Gouki]

Do you have basic network connectivity? Can you "see" the other machines on the network? Can you ping each other?

[davidw]

I haven't done a ping but we have shared each other's drives and have rights to each other's folders and stuff.

I was just hoping there was some kind of tutorial that I could read. I wanted to do this a year ago, but got sidetracked. But, here next month or the following, I'm moving my systems and I'm going to set up a LAN where I can do some serious gaming (in my spare time, of course) between 3 computers.

[madfish]

C.C. all I did for UT was enable the nics in advance options in ZA free. sometimes that got acting up so I would just go around to all the machines and disable ZA and sygate's firewall on my box and the server.
SMC router here btw. Oh I did have to port forward the UT port on the W2K server. and I served online a 6 man custom map server for a while, that was an interesting experince

[davidw]

You know, I've had firewall issues before. It's gonna be a while until I do this, I just wanted to "chew" on the subject for a while. As a programmer, I let things set and I "chew" on them.