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I know you can play quake over NAT because I have done it.  At first it
didn't work,  but the machine running the NAT is just a linux box.  After I
set up port forwarding, where it send out over a specific port when coming
from a certain machine and another port for another machine, it worked fine.

Sam


"Bob Rigel" <BOBRIGEL@HOME.COM> wrote in message
news:3973E23C.1C6F7DA9@HOME.COM...
> The Netgear website states "There are well-known incompatibilities
> between NAT
> and certain onlines games and videoconferencing applications" in the FAQ
> area.
> This limits you to one machine behind the router (if any at all work)
> that can
> play the game at a time (after making configuration changes).  I believe
> this is
> a result of using NAT and the game site requiring specific ports on each
> system.
>
> Sorry, but I believe that ANY router that uses NAT will have the same
> problem.
>
> Bob
>
>
> MaD HaTTeR wrote:
> >
> > I bought the Linksys Broadband router because it had a built in switch
and
> > seemed like the best value.  I haven't had any connection problems with
it
> > yet so technically I chose the right one right?.... WRONG.  One of the
> > biggest reasons I bought this router was so that I could hook up
multiple
> > pc's on my lan to a game of Quake 3 all on the same internet server.
But it
> > won't let me!  Only one computer can get through and the others can't
even
> > PING the server or have it come up on the server list.
> >
> > I can connect multiple pc's each on a different quake 3 server just
fine.  I
> > can even connect 2 instances of Quake 3 games (windowed) on 1 pc into 1
> > internet server (weird huh?).  So why can't multiple pc's get on 1
server???
> > I have tried for weeks to get this working and finally gave up and so
the
> > only way for my lan to play vs the internet is to setup a server of my
own
> > on the lan.
> >
> > I'm now thinking about trying the Netgear RT311 router.  Does anyone
have
> > any experience with this with Quake 3???  Can you please tell me if this
> > router (or any others) will allow my lan to connect to 1 internet
server??
> >
> > BTW, Before I got the router, I was running SyGate on my main pc to
share
> > the cable modem.  This worked great w/ quake 3 even!  So there has to be
a
> > way.
> > I wrote Linksys' useless tech support and the reply i got was: "It will
not
> > work with this game"
> >
> > That's it!  Please help.
> >
> > Thanks