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by rob_serve

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i know that this is a more business orientated site, but hey we gotta unwind havent we?!
Has anybody got a preferance to wired or wireless LAN gaming? cost effectiveness and speed are of principle importance but it would be nice to play through walls and floors and all computers are wireless g'd up. Suggestions appreciated, thanks

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by jkaras

I love to game and I used wired because it is more dependable and easier to setup if I want to let others join, just plugin baby. Wireless has its advantages but if something goes wrong well your done for the day troubleshooting. I am of the opinion that if you are worried about dependability always keep it simple. As for pricing, that depends on your needs or your budget, is being cool worth it? There really is no right or wrong answer, just personal preference. If you got cabling issues/cant deface property where you are renting well then wireless is really great, especially when you are keeping up your scores for fantasy football in front of the tv during gametime with a laptop.

by tomsal

Hey there are all kinds of topics that are not even on the issue of technology on this site, so I wish more folks would talk "gaming" or "gaming tech" more often.

I have used wireless before to connect to an play games online, never had a problem with speed or reliability at all...I would suggest just use good wireless network common sense --- make sure not a lot of interference causing devices in the general gaming area (wireless phones, microwaves, radios, etc.), don't try to go through too large or too many walls/ceilings/floors...keep your distances as tight as can be practical for comfort level of you and your gaming buds, etc.

I'd suggest making sure you enable the highest bit level of WEP and manually assign the keys to each person on your wlan, to maintain some kind of privacy of your network (and to keep folks from hijacking your network connection and sapping your bandwidth).

Also go with the g standard so you get 54mbps (which in reality is no where near that high, but its still much better than just 11mbps).

I think you'll be fine.

PS. Did you play HL 2 yet? Definitely destined to be one of those games people will refer to as a "Classic".

by sitizn wille

Have a lan party a couple times a month. I recently built a new pc for it. Have a wireless card and a router/ap. I was also wondering about playing wirelessly. Have a friend that thinks there will be to much lag? I can't seem to get a good wireless connection? Keeps droppin out. So I have not really had a chance to try anything using wireless. Going to do some setup in my AP like WEP and stuff and this weekend try it out at the Lan P. Also my router/AP is upgradable to 125 Mbs. So that sould be helpfull after I get that done.

HL2 is great a friend of mine got it and I watched him last night. Graphics are AMAZING!!! Got to get a copy of it. He thinks you have to be connected to the Net to play it is that true.

Sitinz Wille

by tomsal

Half Life 2 is one of the best FPS games I've ever played...and to be honest...I've played them all. lol. (Been a gamer for over 20 years now).

Anyway...unfortunately even if you don't play multiplay and you didn't buy it through Steam..Valve has this stupid system whereby you MUST login to Steam to play Half Life 2, even if you bought your copy from a retailer. For instance I have the Collector's DVD edition and I still need to go through steam to play it.

That is the only thing I HATE about Half Life 2, I think its incredibly absurd that you are FORCED to sign up for a Steam account and login through steam to play the game.

So yes..you do need an Internet connect to play even the single player campaign, because you have to connect to Steam.

Aside from that..that game is in a word a "masterpiece".

I'm pretty deep into the game now, I feel I'm near the end of it....I'm addicted to this game.

by sitizn wille

So you do have to be connected to steam to play.
I thought you just had to activated it and then could play offline anytime.
That does suck, But like you say that is the only downfall to that game it is really good from what I have seen. The graphics are amazing!!!

What are some good multiplayer games to lan with.
so far we have played:
CounterStrike
CounterStrike Condition 0
Joint operations
Unreal Tourny 2004
Mostly FPS type games, any other suggestions that would be cool to play on a small 4-10 ppl lan party?
Thanks
Sitizn Wille

by rob_serve

Battlefield 2
Battlefield Vietnam (omg with the 2 seater helicopter LAN)
World Championship F1 2004

by tomsal

I read previews of it...looks and sounds incredible.

I assume there is a demo out?

by tomsal

I'm into the WWII FPS games a lot, so my favs for playing online are :

Call of Duty
Metal of Honor : Allied Assault
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield Vietnam

Some others that are fun as well..

Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (its FREE, just download it..GREAT multiplayer game)

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (aka "RTCW")
Team Fortress (I still like this game, after MANY years they are finally saying TF II will be out in 2005)
Day of Defeat
Tribes II (Some of the most fun in an LAN FPS game I've ever had was in Tribes II)
Tribes Vengeance

by sitizn wille

I knew there had to be some gamers out there, you have to get away from all the tech stuff and have fun sometimes!! :-)

We have a lan P at least 2 time a month, in fact gong to have one this weekend.
I will definitly check into those games!!!

We mostly play conterStrike, but I am looking into other games as well, don't even have to be FPS type anything that is fun, I am interested in hearing about.
Thanks!!!! Should make the next lan p great!!

Sitizn Wille

by jdclyde

First, there is more traffic overhead with wireless than over ethernet.

Second, the wireless software can suck up a good bit of memory and processor.

I use hard wire when I can because I want as few things running on my system as possible and the best response possible.

Otherwise you just end up fragbait.

Unreal/BattleField Vietnam/Doom3/Diablo2

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