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I need a serious gaming geek!
You know, theoretically I should be able to figure this out on my own, and if I wanted to hard wire the machines together, I'd have no problem, but
I want to create a multi computer OFFLINE gaming network so all the family members can play the same game at the same time against each other.
One computer is hardwired into our router.
The other two are wireless and use the wireless part of the router to access the internet so all three can use the router at the same time, but I don't want to use an online connection for family gameplay because the purpose of this little exercise is to expose the boy to multiplayer games without giving him access to cutthroat players online.
Any suggestions?
Is there a way to use the router as a connector without accessing the internet? |
Posted: 03:01, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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| I could be wrong but it sounds like you need to make up a network. Use the PC that's hardwired as the server and the other two hook into it thru the router. |
Posted by sladewilson at 04:13, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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| I'd love to help you out, but I'm afraid any advice I give would merely cause your comp to blow up. *sighs* I'm techo-challenged. |
Posted by DeeJay at 04:49, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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there's at least two ways to accomplish this. one way is to use some firewalling on the router to limit the game's communications to the local network. (port blocking) the other option would be to create a separate virtual network using VLAN (if your router supports it) and disabling the virtual network's internet access. the firewall option will probably work better, so I'd start there. You'll have to look online to see what ports to block.
of course, you could just unplug the router from the internet connection entirely when you want to play the games. no router should require an internet connection to function. |
Posted by photostyle at 07:11, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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*ducks head*
| You KNOW I'm not going to be any help on THIS question, dear!!! Hope you get it figured out. :D |
Posted by LadyVisine at 10:09, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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Did someone just say... unplug the DSL connection??? can it be that simple? Maybe I'm that simple...
merhmerhmherhmehr
Maybe there's a setting in each computer that is like the "never dial a connection" one that would do the trick? |
Posted by etainne at 11:15, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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Wish I could help, but I don't know what I'm doing half the time on the computer. lol
Hopefully someone out here can solve it for you. |
Posted by LauriesAsylum at 11:22, Sat-3-Nov-2007 |
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ok, I'm going to try unplugging the phone line, first, then I'll see if I need to mess with the firewall or creating a new virtual network.
Thanks so much! |
Posted by treasa at 05:12, Sun-4-Nov-2007 |
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| Sounds like you need a home network. Use one computer as server (with the programs on it) and other computers have to login to that computer (via router and network password). But dont ask me how to do it, i only know that its what you are looking for but not how to set it up. |
Posted by logis at 04:22, Mon-5-Nov-2007 |
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| uh yep, same here Logis |
Posted by treasa at 07:26, Mon-5-Nov-2007 |
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