How to play LAN games thru a wireless router

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rokindotnish

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Hello,
We have 4 laptops i our room, we use a wireless router for connecting to net.... We want to play " Counter strike " as lan ( 4 of us)... what should be done...?
Thanks in advance... :)
 
-Just run the DHCP server on your router.

-Find out the IP addresses received on each of the computers.

-Make sure each computer is able to ping each other.

-Host the server on one of them and everyone else join that game

-Frag away!!! :D
 
@ dexBg @damn : Thank you....!

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Can we play, 4 of us, wireless....??? ( i mean, does the speed decrease )

or do we have to use lan cables to connect to router?
 
Speed will not decrease sufficiently to effect the game (multiplayer doesn't use too much bandwidth), but latency may be higher than with a wired connection. The latency (ping) can be confirmed via the ping function mentioned in a previous post. Even then the ping on a WLAN will be much better than over the internet.
 
Grease Monk said:
Speed will not decrease sufficiently to effect the game (multiplayer doesn't use too much bandwidth), but latency may be higher than with a wired connection. The latency (ping) can be confirmed via the ping function mentioned in a previous post. Even then the ping on a WLAN will be much better than over the internet.
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Latency comes into effect when the data is traveling over a WAN. OP just wants to play in a LAN that too using just a single Wireless router. Latency won't come into picture in such a scenario.
 
boogeyman said:
Latency comes into effect when the data is traveling over a WAN. OP just wants to play in a LAN that too using just a single Wireless router. Latency won't come into picture in such a scenario.
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Yes, I agree with this in most cases, but I have seen some badly set up WLANS which had a ping > 1ms. I consider that to be degradation when compared to a wired network.
 
Generally when i have a LAN party with my cousins and friends i just use my modem as in all connect to it and when the server is started everyone is able to connect to it(implying everyone is connected into a LAN) without going into the DHCP part...,but whatever the experienced guys also tell the right way..
 
rokindotnish said:
@boogeyman : i tried to ping the other system in the network, to no avail....!! wat can be done?
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What are the IP addresses received on the systems? Check if windows firewall is active on the PC's
 
We've not set static ip's... mine is 192.168.2.4 and my friend's is 192.168.2.5

No, windows firewall is deactivated on my lap. I use AVG Internet security which has firewall....

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That was ip given by the router, I guess..... when i checked in whatismyip.com , it gave my ip as : 111.92.29.9

Thank you...
 
Whatismyip gives you the public IP. The 192.168.2.4 and 192.168.2.5 are your private IP's. Try to ping your friend's 192.168.2.5 IP from your PC.
 
Can you post the "ipconfig /all" from both systems here? start > run > cmd > ipconfig /all

Also, just to confirm, both systems are at your place itself, right? And receiving an IP address from the same wireless router, right?

Is it possible for you to test by disabling the AVG internet firewall and see if pings go through? If they do, then its the culprit.
 
The wifi here is password protected, is that an issue?

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Tried to ping with firewall disables, didn't work.... I'l post ipconfig all....

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Tried to ping with firewall disables, didn't work.... I'l post ipconfig all....

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::84be:b99b:39e1:c60f%13
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::80d5:ebe:c9dc:c36d%13
192.168.2.1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:34fb:2b96:90a3:e2f6
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::34fb:2b96:90a3:e2f6%17
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Tunnel adapter Reusable Microsoft 6To4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.Belkin:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin

C:\Users\user>ping 192.168.2.5

Pinging 192.168.2.5 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\user>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NISH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9002WB-1NG Wireless Network Ada
pter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-65-9D-A2-7F-75
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::84be:b99b:39e1:c60f%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:21:21 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 02, 2147 12:08:16 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::80d5:ebe:c9dc:c36d%13
192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 320628125
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-38-9C-DF-1C-75-08-70-22-A6

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-75-08-70-22-A6
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:34fb:2b96:90a3:e2f6(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::34fb:2b96:90a3:e2f6%17(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Reusable Microsoft 6To4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.Belkin:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\user>
 
Can you ping 192.168.2.1 from each PC and see if that responds? Password protection on Wi-fi is just for clients connecting TO the network and shouldn't be responsible for pings not being allowed.
 
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