Re: Max PCs on a workgroup for LAN party

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From: KevTheRev (KevTheRev_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:17:03 -0700

Hi again

I will be running various games, Counterstrike, Halo, BF1942 etc. I used to
run a small Gaming centre but as I only had 10 PCs I had a workgroup Network
and all worked fine. Now that Im thinking of running a larger event I'm a bit
out of my depth.

I thought I might be able to run a peer to peer network (workgroup) and use
one or 2 of the PCs to host the games as I did at my old centre. But it seems
that the number of PCs might be too great for that.

I have downloaded a trail of Server 2003 and I'm looking at how to set this
up, as with one of the other posts below I'm trying to figure out how to
connect XP home to a domain.

I Appreciate all your feedback.

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:57:03 -0700, KevTheRev
> <KevTheRev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Many thanks Chuck, 1 more question on your reply:
> >
> >If one of the PCs was running a game server (Local only) and the other 30
> >PCs were trying to connect to the game this would be 30 simultaneous Incoming
> >Connections to that PC, and so would not work?
>
> Kev,
>
> If your Game Server depends upon Microsoft File and Printer Sharing for serving
> gaming, then the 5 or 10 connection limit will be a problem.
>
> Please check the documentation for your Gaming Server program. Most gaming
> servers operate at a lower level than file and printer sharing - the players
> connect to a specific ip address:port. This will not require MFPS, nor have its
> connection limit. But there may be a limit on connections placed there by the
> creators of the gaming server program.
>
> Let's start with two questions:
> 1) What game (gaming server program) do you intend to run?
> 2) What Operating System do you have on your server?
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
>

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