Advice Needed Dad has bought a router - will online gaming for me be affected?  | | 
March 30th, 2005, 08:41 AM
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|  Advice Needed Dad has bought a router - will online gaming for me be affected?
Bit of a disaster - but can't say a lot ! lol
Erm i play a lot of online games and well have heard that routing can slow down connection. Im currently on broadband and have no problems - the router is ordered and im worried that im gonna get lag on game play etc....
Can anyone tell me more on this - and if it is the case how can i prevent it ???
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March 30th, 2005, 08:47 AM
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What type of router is it?
I have and other people i know have used routers and noticed no slow downs while gaming. | |
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March 30th, 2005, 08:54 AM
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Erm im a bit ignorant here to be honest - for a start some annoying BT person at his work spoke with him and next thing i know hes off to some hardware shop round the corner and has bought it !!! No advice or looking up nothin !!
OK he has a laptop with mobile technology so i think it uses infra red to connect to the internet - oh yeah please tell me these things are as easy to do as the BT man said ? - or guess whos gonna get lumbered !!! | |
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March 30th, 2005, 09:00 AM
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infrared? you mean wireless?
The routers are pretty much plug and play (unless you have an isp who gives out static ip addresses)
i would find out what router your dad got. the make and model and start reading the manual. | |
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March 30th, 2005, 12:04 PM
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OK he has a laptop with mobile technology so i think it uses infra red to connect to the internet
| Don't you mean Intel Centrino Mobile Technology.. the same kind of technology that allows you to get the interweb at the top of Mount St. Helens!?
Seriously you should be ok, depending on the game you might have to tweak a built in firewall to allow your game through but otherwise everything should be ok. | |
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March 30th, 2005, 12:06 PM
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you should be perfectly fine with the wireless router, im using one myself and i have no problems whatsoever (wireless-G)
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March 30th, 2005, 04:03 PM
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Latency won't be an issue. However, as mentioned you'll either have to open up ports, setup virtual servers, or otherwise setup your router to allow packets through on specific ports to the gaming machine. That or use the machine in the DMZ, not recommended. | |
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March 30th, 2005, 04:09 PM
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I use a router and here HL2, NWN and streaming music occurs everyday you should have no problems..
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March 31st, 2005, 05:26 PM
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unless your hosting you'l be fine.i have a router with 3 comps on it and xbox.i can have all those comps on and play xbox live with no lag.unless im hosting.this whole week ive had a friend over and he would play an online game on the pc while im on xbox live.everything was fine no lag. | |
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