Yeah i normaly run a LAN 4 Me and a couple of friends

What tools or thing should i look of for

there is going to be over 32 PL at my house (Friends Of Friend R comin)

Any Tips How i should setup Router On the server the to a hub


PLs Any tips will help LAN to till 21st of JUNE Ahhh ill be 18 yrs old:angry:

Umm if you hosting game you need heavy server, plus 10Mbit lan is a must ;). I dont think anything else you should need... unless you running wireless lan in that case its not really secure :-x

I was at a 350-person lan party a few months back, in 2 weeks, there's another one of 150-people. And on June 20-21st, I'll(atleast I should be) be attending with 5 other clanmates at a 500-man lan tournament, winner gets to go to France to compete against profesional CS, W3, StarCraft, etc. players at ESWorldCup.

Of all the big(ger) lan's I've attended, only one used something other than cisco switches. But for a relatively small lan party, just make sure you have enough power and wont kill the outlets and use a decent switch, say Dlink or SMC or even NetGear would work. I'd suggest staying away from Linksys.

Linksys > SMC,NETGEAR

OK thx I have a IXE2426 10/100+Gigabit and a Cisco 10000 Series I know its a LITTLE bit to must but my DADs company put it up here so i take it to the MAXX

The Main thing was about Viruses I dont have must Cash to spend So any suggestions

The Sever Is A 500Mhz running Win2k with 512 Ram
It runs VERY Nice!!!

Any Other Suggestions

Make sure everyone comes with a NIC, powerstrip, and has everythign configured before they arrive. This will save so much trouble!

Power sounds like your main concern now. 32 PC's will draw a lot of juice, so if they're all going to be on one floor run extension leads to draw power from the upstairs circuit (assuming your house is like mine, with the different circuits). Make sure you have spare fuses and check no-one does anything stupid like run a microwave, heater and air con (hey, it happens!) off a single extension lead.

Make sure you have a DHCP server setup too, because statically assigning is a pain. Don't use hubs for that many people, use switches! Also, install all the games on that 500MHz server you have. Running the games in dedicated mode helps a lot. Have all the games and newest patches and mods easily available for everyone to install. Sometimes it's faster to have them burned on a few cds and have the rest grab the files off the server. Also, if you have a UPS, bring it. Power does sound like a problem depending on how big the room is, etc. You could run exension cords w/ power strips to outlets you know are on different circuits

Oh, if your stuck on dialup, make sure you have someone who can bring the latest patches and files, so everyone can join in (setup a mini FTP server if you have the resources). If you can, get the dedicated server version of games (HLDS etc.).

Originally posted by fromage
winner gets to go to France to compete against profesional CS, W3, StarCraft, etc. players at ESWorldCup.


How exactly does one become a 'professional CS et al player'? Surely that is a massive contradiction in terms?

As regards the original issue, depends on how many ports your switch has, its simple enough to daisy chain a few together, 2 x 24 port switches should be no problem whatsoever.

Can U DL a Dedicated Server for Warcraft 3 Via LAN I looked 4 hours i only found links to other SERVERs

Yeah 32 Pc at my place Power will be a issue


Thx

O yeah hahaha The Ports theres about 250 of them


Any Others Pls
Should i bother with Quake III (I LOVE THIS GAME)

power shouldnt be too much of an issue really, try running gang extension leads from different areas to spread the load over a few different circuits.

For war3, just have someone host a TCP/IP game or something. Quake 3 is among popular lan party games, I only played it once though.

If you don't want to host it at your house, rent space at a local school gymnasium, or in town hall. You can get room for pretty cheap if you live where I do.


How exactly does one become a 'professional CS et al player'? Surely that is a massive contradiction in terms?

Not really. There are professional players of any game. Whether it'll be Dance Dance Revolutions or Tetris, there's always someone to compete for a cash prize on a massive scale.

ok thx all 4 all the help so far