LINK-ER Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 I'm planning on having a LAN party at my house (mainly for JK2, Starcraft, Diablo, and DS). I really need to know what kinda stuff I need like, Hubs, Ethernet cards, etc... I know that everyone has to wag their computers and stuff though (and if someone's comp lags they're dead LOL). Thx for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mInk3nine Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 www.lanparty.com i'm sure you'll find much info there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[RAA]-=Chi3f=- Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Yes LANPARTY.com rox You'll need a good HUB. I have a Netgear HUB with an uplink switch. The biggest problems we have is DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF GAMES. Like Somebody isn't playing with JO2 v.1.0.3, etc. Make sure everybody uses the same versions to save yourself a headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthbong Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 HEADPHONES! dont forget the headphones, i made this mistake once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Another tip: make sure you have your cabling, layer 2 & layer 3 designs in place on paper before plugging anythign in. If you can spare it build a lil computer to be a file server so you can keep the latest game patches, directx, whatever on the LAN. Also make sure that if ppl are showing up have a working computer... having to walk a guy through bid card jumpers or somesuch nonesense when youre trying to play takes all the fun out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINK-ER Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 You don't have to have a broadband connection to the net to have a Local Area Network do you? All I have is Dialup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthbong Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by LINK-ER You don't have to have a broadband connection to the net to have a Local Area Network do you? All I have is Dialup. No you just need the cards / cables / and hub. no internet connection is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuttle24 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 shouldn't this be in yoda's swamp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[RAA]-=Chi3f=- Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Skuttle24 shouldn't this be in yoda's swamp? LOL, it should be. Oh well Headphones are a must. It's annoying trying to guess which sounds are coming from your computer. Make sure your Local Network is the same on all computers. What OS are you running. Make sure to set it up for TCP/IP and Microsoft file sharing. If you want to transfer files you might have to right click on your Hard drive icon and select file sharing. LAN parties are easy once you've done a few. We've had 30 person parties before. It's a blast! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINK-ER Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Skuttle24 shouldn't this be in yoda's swamp? I thought it belonged in Yoda's swamp BUT, Yoda's swamp is for stuff not pretaining to JK2. This is a JK2 LAN Party so it belongs in the JK2 General place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Your party not may flow this way, but if you have booze use beverage containers that dont spill, or at least resist it. Never mind that it can fry a box, but having a beer soaked mouse.. umm.. smells.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINK-ER Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 na no booze. I've had enough of that(parents. Eh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliboy007 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 hey i heard a good protocol setup for LAN parties is to have everyone set NETBEUI as their first protocol andn TCP/IP as the second one. NETBEUI is supposedly faster in a LAN but it can't go on the web. use TCP/IP to go online. also inform people what games will be played mostly. it's just a touch frustrating to spend an hour getting everyone on the same page with games. if you have a switch put it in the middle with tables around it, so people won't be unplugging network cords. i may not know much about cabling but i am familiar with the things that make a LAN more pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Brophy Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 ive got 3 computers on a lan and we can all play online at the same time but we do have broadband... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgit Yoda Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 I wish I could get Broadband. We aren't gonna be playin on the internet. We'll be playing through the lan. What tools will I need. I know I need Ethernet cards for each comp. Also I need a Hub. What else? Do I HAVE to have a computer that's the Server? If so can I still play on that computer too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerfYoda Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by deliboy007 hey i heard a good protocol setup for LAN parties is to have everyone set NETBEUI as their first protocol andn TCP/IP as the second one. NETBEUI is supposedly faster in a LAN but it can't go on the web. use TCP/IP to go online. also inform people what games will be played mostly. it's just a touch frustrating to spend an hour getting everyone on the same page with games. if you have a switch put it in the middle with tables around it, so people won't be unplugging network cords. i may not know much about cabling but i am familiar with the things that make a LAN more pleasant. NetBEUI would be fine for the whole windows file sharing aspect of a LAN party, but most games will run off of the IP or IPX protocols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuggieBenDoggie Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Yeah, ditch Netbeui or Netbios over TCP/IP.. Enable IPX for file sharing *ONLY* if your Broadband Internet connection is causing IP issues on the LAN. I WOULD recommend a dedicated server just for the fact that even at LAN parties, the HOST usually has a slight advantage. And any slow down the host has, everyone has, and the host usually recovers first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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