Topic: Need help to shoot people in the face

[Bastidge Child]

Battlefield 2 multiplayer craps itself when two Win7 machines here join the same server at the same time.

I've figured out how to force each copy of the game to use a specific port, and to forward that port on the router, and it then runs fine and all is jolly.

A few weeks later though, one or both machines will have changed IP address, screwing things up.

How do I force Windows 7 to keep its IP address? Is it something I have to set in the router (new E4200)?

[Arghdee]

Use the dhcp reservation section to assifixate ip addresses to each pc, by allocating the ip to the MAC addresses of the windows machines.

Either that or set the ip addresses statically on the pcs.

[Bastidge Child]

That first thing you said. Success!

Cheers RD 

[Arghdee]

Use the dhcp reservation section to assifixate ip addresses to each pc, by allocating the ip to the MAC addresses of the windows machines.

Either that or set the ip addresses statically on the pcs.

damn you autocorrect!

[Bastidge Child]

Death by toxic gas?

[Arghdee]

It was intended to be 'assign fixed' but my iPad had other ideas, clearly.

[aliali]

How do I force Windows 7 to keep its IP address? Is it something I have to set in the router (new E4200)?

I just set fixed IPs on the individual PCs then set the router DHCP server to a range outside what I use for fixed Ips.
So I have the DHCP server on the router set to 192.168.1.51~100 and any fixed Ips are set below 192.168.1.51
For Win 7 go to network and sharing centre > change adapter settings > LAN > properties.
Arghdees solution is probably better if any of the computers are moved to other networks as it can save having to set your PCs LAN properties back to DHCP to connect to a strange network.


Odd you are having the port issue with BF2 as a mate never seemed to have probs with 3 or 4 PCs playing BF2 at the same time on the same server.
Perhaps he had UPNP on or it is something specific to your router.

BTW Lost Division runs an AIX 2.0 mod co-op server, feel free to join any time.
203.14.173.209 port 16567.
Make sure to join the side with the least bots.
AIX 2.0 full installer and maps here
http://www.aixtended.com/clientfiles.html (2 separate files)

Also need the AIX-V2_mappack_ITTH map pack from
http://www.aixtended.com/mappack.html
and some other map packs.

Can't seem to find the ISA mappack ATM as the ISA site now seems to needs a login.
This thread
http://lostdivision.com.au/forums/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?14796.10
should cover most of it.
If you want, PM me an address and I can slap the files on to a couple of DVDs and post them over to you (about 9Gb all up).

[Bastidge Child]

Thanks Aliali, I won't pretend I understand most of what you've said -_-

I bought the Linksys E4200 as a replacement for my WRT54G so I wouldn't have to deal with this crap, but we had a power outage and the router has reset the IPs again, so my "dhcp reservation section" is not correct.

I'm just going to have to learn all this subnet IPV4 b.s.

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=534

[aliali]

Thanks Aliali, I won't pretend I understand most of what you've said -_-

I bought the Linksys E4200 as a replacement for my WRT54G so I wouldn't have to deal with this crap, but we had a power outage and the router has reset the IPs again, so my "dhcp reservation section" is not correct.

I'm just going to have to learn all this subnet IPV4 b.s.

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=534

The reset ips thing is probably because you did not go through the full apply > save config to flash and reboot sequence. You would need to read the WRTs manual to check the exact procedure.
Ok after a quick look at the Linksys manual it looks like IP reservation is easy as it provides with a "select client" option for any computers currently hooked to the router.
Log in to the router at 192.168.1.1
2.  Click the Setup tab, then click the Basic Setup page
3.  Click DHCP Reservation (in the middle of the screen) 
4.  Click Select next to the client you want to create a DHCP reservation for
5.  Click Add Clients  The client you selected is added to the Clients Already
Reserved table
You can also manually enter a client name, IP address, and MAC address
of a device to create a DHCP reservation
6.  Click Save Settings
Then I would look for a save and reboot button.

This caught me a few times with my Billion modem. There is an apply button which must be used on each page you make changes then you have to click on save config then apply again, then wait about 30 seconds for the success popup and then reboot.
Damn annoying.

Also looking at the Linksys manual it seems to use the DHCP range of 192.168.1.50 to 192.168.1.100 which is nice if true as it leaves 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.49 free for manual IP settings.
Assuming that is right then to do it at the PC end on PC1 go to network and sharing centre > change adapter settings then double click the LAN or WLAN adapter you are using and then go to properties. Double click Internet protocol 4 (TCP/IPv4).
In the new window select the  "use the following IP address" radio button and for IP address type in 192.168.1.2, subnet 255.255.255.0, default gateway 192.168.1.1.
Also select the "use the following DNS server addresses" radio button and in the "Preffered DNS server" fields put in 192.168.1.1. Apply and save all settings and exit.
Do the same on any other PCs you want static IPS but change the "use the following IP address" option to 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.4 etc etc keeping all the other settings the same.

Do the reservation thing or the PC based fixed IP thing not both.
You can then set up port forwarding (if needed) using the IP addresses you specified in the adapter properties.

[Bastidge Child]

Cheers Aliali

I've done the top half of your post and the DHCP client table matches the IP's I've forced on the reservation page