Online Gaming

[YNWA5*]

Just wondering if anybody here does any online gaming? And if so what games? And on a PC or XBox360 or other consoles?

I play on Call of Duty 2 and Counter Strike Source online, and i am an admin in a clan. I enjoy the online gaming, its brill

[djkingsyze]

i want too, but i'm waiting for my house to be built, then some nice person on here can explain how to hook up a wireless router so i can play live 360....the countdown starts....

[YNWA5*]

Originally Posted by djkingsyze

i want too, but i'm waiting for my house to be built, then some nice person on here can explain how to hook up a wireless router so i can play live 360....the countdown starts....

Yeh man, i should be getting a 360 soon, cant wait

[ShadowGamer]

Originally Posted by djkingsyze

i want too, but i'm waiting for my house to be built, then some nice person on here can explain how to hook up a wireless router so i can play live 360....the countdown starts....

Hooking up the wireless should not be that tricky, although you will better off if you can get the contractor to pull some 10bT (cat-5) from the telco pop (point of presence) to your entertainment center. You well get MUCH better bandwidth over copper than you will with wireless.

In the last house I had them run 10BT from the telco pop to each room, as well as the entertainment center area. It may cost you a little extra (like $10 to $20 per run), but I doubt you will regret it in the long run. Just make sure that you specify to the contractor that each run has to be a single and direct cable, otherwise the wiring guy may end up daisy-chaining it like they commonly do with phone and coax (TV/cable).

Then, I installed the cable/DSL modem at the telco, and use a hub/switch right there to connect all of the rooms as well as the TiVo/consoles (a second hub/switch in the entertainment center rack) via broadband. I do also have wireless (for the laptops), but for gaming or large file transfers (movies, etc) we usually jack the laptops in to the copper, too. Lagging in games will get you killed... ;-)

aka ShadowGamer

[djkingsyze]

well, thanks man, sounds complicated to me, but it shall come as quite a reference guide come install time. thanks shawdowgamer