g4m3rof1337

I know I've asked in the past, but I've recently had a friend who would bring the Network and set it up. But now I am establishing a Business, and I think its time I take over everything. My LANs have been hitting around 20+ people, so..


I want to know what I need to host LANs, seamlessly. We've been using Gig Switches in the past, and they've been great. So, I was thinking either one gig switch around 20 ports or a little less, and a smaller 8 port gig switch, since the Venue I use has a room inside a room. Or just one gig switch that can be placed in the middle of the room, and run connections everywhere.


I mainly have PC and Xbox Gamers at the LANs, and I want them all to be connected with Internet, I have 3 connections at this Venue, 2 DSL and 1 Cable. I want to have them on different internet connections, but if a PC Gamer brought an Xbox, and sits near the PC gamers, I want them to be able to connect to the Xbox section, but thats easy.


Also, what software or other hardware should I look into?



I plan on buying 'Used' switches, saw a few on Craigslist, so.




Thanks.

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You don't need 3 internet connections just get one with more bandwidth. It's much easier then trying to tie all 3 together.

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g4m3rof1337

I know, we usually had one DSL for the Xbox Gamers and the PC Gamers used the Cable, then had a Backup DSL for whoever.

And thanks for the diagram.

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g4m3rof1337

What do I need to do to my Desktop, to make it a LAN server?

Is it as easy as having the games, and just running the Create A Server option?

I dont mind using my Desktop as a server, and my laptop to game on for awhile.



And I will be buying a gig switch or something like that soon, so I'll want to post it here first and see if its good. How do I find out if all the ports work on one?




Thanks.

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Vipernitrox

Like omega said get yourself one fast connection. After that i would set it up like this:


Routing and remote access and especially isa server do require quite some configuring and knowledge if you want them to work correctly the option below would be much easier for you.

Or if you want to keep your router. Put your pc in the "section". Then you won't have to run routing and remote access and isa server. If you need some advice on setting up dhcp and dns. Give me a pm i'll write a short manual for you. As for the game servers, i know how to run a Unreal Tournament 2004 dedicated server (no graphics). But that's about it.

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g4m3rof1337

OK, what should the Specs of the server be? If it just plans on Hosting Games, and not playing them.



Thanks.

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Vipernitrox

you can probably easily run it of your own computer. that's what i meant by dual boot.
my unreal tournament server ran on 800mhz with 256mb. DHCP and dns both don't use up much resources.

You do need to host the games dedicated, meaning just command line and not graphics. That requires much more memory, cpu clocks and a decent graphics card. And not all games have that function. And like i said i know how to do it with unreal tournament 2004. And i know even less about hosting xbox games. Sooo i can pretty much only help your with setting up the environment. Do you want more info?

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g4m3rof1337

Yeah, I have a Gateway thats a few years old, with a P4 @ 3.7, 1GB Ram, and I added a 7900GS. So would something like that work?



Thanks.

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Vipernitrox

more then enough, the only thing that's a real resource hog is adding things that need "intelligence" like bots. You might want to consider adding 1gb of ram but you'll be fine with this.

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g4m3rof1337

Alright, I'll look into adding another Gig or Ram.




Thanks.

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