Multiple PCs behind router playing MOHAA & RTCW online

[Kawika]

Hi folks...

I've done a lot of research in hopes of finding a solution to this problem...and although I've run across some suggestions to try...none of them have worked thus far. At the moment I have a 3 PC home LAN set up behind a D-Link 704-P Router connecting to the internet via a cable connection. My goal is to find a way to get multiple PCs on my LAN connected to the same online gaming server. The main games I am having issues with are Medal of Honor: Allied Assault & Return To Castle Wolfenstein. I have multiple original copies of the game, so the copy protection/cd-keys should not be an issue. The main problem I face is that I can connect a single computer to a server with no problems, but when I attempt to connect the second computer to the same server...either the first computer is booted off the server or both machines lock up. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks...

Kawika

[BlackSword]

YeoldStonecat can answer your question,,,, pretty sure he has MOH and RTCW.

I have no problem with CS,,, and when I use to play Quake3 I had no problem with it. Pretty sure the two games I listed above use the Q3 engine so should work for you,,,, Unless the server you are connecting to does not permit multiple connections with same IP.

[Think]

BUMP...good question, curious on an answere as well.

[zxc47]

Kawika :(My goal is to find a way to get multiple PCs on my LAN connected to the same online gaming server.) There is thing you can do! But as long as you have only one router you can only have one IP! So if you want more than one IP you need to add a hub or switch. The way you would set it up would be: cable modem to the hub from the hub one line to the router and a line to a computer nic card. Then you would have two IP. Any thing you hook to the hub would get an ip. SO if you wanted 3 IP's you would run off the hub. IF you had only two IP you would run the third computer off the router. But there is allot of problems with this set up, like no firewall on the computers on the hub and something call load balance. This set will work ok and is cheap.
The second way is to add a switch and another router. Like this cable modem to switch, from switch run a line to each router from each router to each computer. That would take care of the firewall problem. And it would work ok too. But you would be back at the load balance problem. What would happen with both setups is one computer would do well on ping and lag but the other would not do to good. because no load balance. And it cost more to set up.
http://www.cablemodeminfo.com/NexlandPro800TurboReview.html-ssi
How the best way!!!! Buy you a switch and the nexland pro800 turbo. Set up like this cable modem to switch from the switch run two cat6 line to each of the routers wan port and from the router run line to each of your computers. You would have a firewall, two IP's and load balance. Then you can set back and let the big dog run.
I run a netgear fs105 switch and the nexland turbo.