okay heres the problem.. me and my brother try to play in the same server on some games, it will not let us. Once one of us start connecting it times the other one out and will not let us both in while the other is in, i got a Network everwhere linsys router.. if any of u know.

 

because you have the same IP address most of the games will not let you log in twice with it.

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most games now require you to have 2 different cd keys/login ids. that sounds like the prob to me. ip addresses shouldn't affect it, it would more likely be your unique ids like the key.

 

Being the geek that I am, I'm going with OP on this one. IP issues. Set them both up to their own IPs, rather than obtain automatically. Make sure whichever one of you is the "host" has the "DMZ Host" set correctly on the router to their IP.
http://192.168.1.1 admin/admin

 

Me and my friends sometimes have 4 comps on my connection...never a problem. Do you have different names/ID's on that game. What game/games is it?

 

Also being a geek and having the same problem occur with many games over the same network, it was never the IP address. Many of the new games and even the old yet updated games (halflife for example) need to have 2 unique id's inorder to play in the same server. The ip address should have nothing to do with it, the games normally authenticate to there keys and if there are 2 of them in the same server it will kick one out, or halt the connection

 

it could be either the ip or the cd key, depends on the game. what game(s) are you having trouble with? having that info would help A LOT.

 

Um ... Medal of Honor:Spearhead. Anyone play? if so, got xfire www.xfire.com add me 5harkmobile smile.gif But i have cable, and i dont know how to make each pc have its own ip,with it being able to get internet still.

 

i know allied assult just used cd keys, we never had problems with ip addresses with that game. but there again it was a cracked game....

 

I had a problem with Red Alert 2 like this.... it was because you had to purchase two games, even for lan play(you needed different cd keys and cds).

I don't think it's the IP. Like I said me and my friends have never had a problem with it, and we play fairly new games like: Black Hawk Down, Battle field 1942(desert combat), Jedi Academy, and Joint Operations.

It might be game version. If you have a different one then the server it won't work right.