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TO ALL WHO USE BROADBAND ROUTERS...

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From: MaD HaTTeR
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00
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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
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From: "MaD HaTTeR" <mad_hatter_98@hotmail.com>
Subject: TO ALL WHO USE BROADBAND ROUTERS...
Date: 2000/05/10
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