garyellis Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 My son wants to join UKDirt using the same broadband connection as me , I've checked and when we are both connected to the net , we both have the same IP address. Would it cause problems in heat if both of us were racing at the same time , or would we have to pick different meetings to race in ?
Allan268 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 No, you will both be fine to race, as long as your connection can handle it mate.
garyellis Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Posted October 31, 2006 No, you will both be fine to race, as long as your connection can handle it mate. cheers
Kruiz 136 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Cool, my bro could race aswell then. (In a 2 or 3 years though, hes only 11 lol).
wrighty496 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 I'd advise a router if you don't have one already....we use 2 pc's here and internet connection sharing (the connection to one machine, the 2nd machine connected through the first....imagine the connection setup is an L shape with the internet at the top, then the first machine at the middle and the 2nd machine at the other end) had problems .....the first being that both machines need to be on if pc 2 wants to connect to the internet lol. Buy a router.....you'll save the price (between £60ish to £100ish) in electric in a year and the setups relatively easy...isn't it GazJ....DaveW..... cheers
garyellis Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Posted October 31, 2006 (edited) I'd advise a router if you don't have one already....we use 2 pc's here and internet connection sharing (the connection to one machine, the 2nd machine connected through the first....imagine the connection setup is an L shape with the internet at the top, then the first machine at the middle and the 2nd machine at the other end) had problems .....the first being that both machines need to be on if pc 2 wants to connect to the internet lol. Buy a router.....you'll save the price (between £60ish to £100ish) in electric in a year and the setups relatively easy...isn't it GazJ....DaveW..... cheers Thanks wrighty , I'm using a router just now, so he should be up and beating me online soon ( though the amount of wobblys he throws when were racing offline , he'll be lucky to last a week before getting banned LOL ) Edited October 31, 2006 by garyellis
Allan268 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 I'd advise a router if you don't have one already....we use 2 pc's here and internet connection sharing (the connection to one machine, the 2nd machine connected through the first....imagine the connection setup is an L shape with the internet at the top, then the first machine at the middle and the 2nd machine at the other end) had problems .....the first being that both machines need to be on if pc 2 wants to connect to the internet lol. Buy a router.....you'll save the price (between £60ish to £100ish) in electric in a year and the setups relatively easy...isn't it GazJ....DaveW..... cheers Yeh Wrighty is correct! I am also on a crossover cable Wrighty as my router power supply blew up and i have been too lazy so far to fix it.
erik Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Can anyone tell me...is this also true if you are using a Wanadoo Livebox?
martwisely Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Can anyone tell me...is this also true if you are using a Wanadoo Livebox? Should also work with a wanadoo livebox as it works fine here. But onlything is i cant host anymore
Kruiz 136 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Posted December 1, 2006 As far as my understanding goes, this 'router' enables two computers to share the same connection and wil enable another computer in my house toi race online at the same time as another, yes? Ok questions: 1) If my first computer hosted a private server, could my second computer join this server as they will both share the same ip address? 2) Can anyone point out where i can get one from? Thanks, help much appriciated, Kruiz
wrighty496 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Posted December 1, 2006 1) If my first computer hosted a private server, could my second computer join this server as they will both share the same ip address? Hi m8, Most routers now have a built-in firewall, so if you're first pc hosts a server, the 2nd pc'll get in no problem but you may not be able to serve to the outside world ....... until you dabble with the router settings haha...nah it can be done but its a faff, but pc's on your network'll find it np 2) Can anyone point out where i can get one from? I got a Netgear DG834 wired router (not wireless, ask kewy about wireless ) with a built-in firewall....i've linked the 'range' page rather than product so u can look at the choices, but ours was easy to set up and works very well.
Kruiz 136 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Posted December 1, 2006 1) If my first computer hosted a private server, could my second computer join this server as they will both share the same ip address? Hi m8, Most routers now have a built-in firewall, so if you're first pc hosts a server, the 2nd pc'll get in no problem but you may not be able to serve to the outside world ....... until you dabble with the router settings haha...nah it can be done but its a faff, but pc's on your network'll find it np 2) Can anyone point out where i can get one from? I got a Netgear DG834 wired router (not wireless, ask kewy about wireless ) with a built-in firewall....i've linked the 'range' page rather than product so u can look at the choices, but ours was easy to set up and works very well. Thanks m8, thats a great help
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