[wibbit]

ok my server is finaly running, i have a question though.
my server is viewable from the internet but i can't see it when i go to view lan games

why?

i am connecting to the cable modem (i switched internet providers) threw a switch.


i would rather not connect threw the internet because it wastes bandwidth.

[Bazooka_Joe]

Because a LAN game is a Local Area Network. If you are broadcasting your game to the net, it will not broadcast to the LAN, as the LAN is for local games, not WAN games.

[wibbit]

is there any way to broadcast to the lan and the internet, i have done it before.
i am booting the server up threw a icon on the desk top and then having it execute a cfg file

but before when i could see it threw the lan and internet i did it threw the game.

[A HUNGRY FATMAN]

i dont think you can run the game on a LAN and internet at the samtime. in my computers class all the comps are networked to gether and we play LAN games on them but i dont think they can be run on the internet at the sametime.

[MPowell1944]

Actually you can. I was able to host a server on the net and have someone else join from another comp in our house on the network. I just hosted and they joined. Showed up on list fine.

[wibbit]

like i said i was able to have the lan and internet see my game but it was threw the gamae tht i hade to make the server, what command allows this

[Ydiss]

I cn confirm this as true. I've seen many players run a server and have someone else connect to it via LAN (and with pings of no more than 10-15 ever).

[A HUNGRY FATMAN]

WOW i did not know you could do that I'll have try that

[Bazooka_Joe]

Originally Posted by Ydiss

I cn confirm this as true. I've seen many players run a server and have someone else connect to it via LAN (and with pings of no more than 10-15 ever).

Weird, I never knew this was possible. Anyone know an exact way to do it?