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The config file that the cable co has sent to your modem is limiting you to
one MAC connected to the modem. Either run a proxy or call your cable co.

"MaD HaTTeR" <mad_hatter_98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:_jjS4.5$%F1.102@typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
> 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
>
>