"Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2007-05-28 15:44:44 +0100, "Plebism" <plebism@gmail.com> said:
>
>>
>> "Gaz" <Gaz@BY.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:FRB6i.26725$Ro3.26128@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>>> Plebism wrote:
>>>> Hey all 
>>>>
>>>> Im planning a gaming meet with some of my friends and plan to use xbox
>>>> 360's and system link.
>>>>
>>>> The topography will be 8 systems split into two seperate rooms. One of
>>>> my friends has an 8 port hub which I know will work .. but that means
>>>> quite a bit of long network cable.
>>>>
>>>> Heres my questions ....
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way if I took my router (the WRT54G) and used that to build
>>>> the LAN. Then those who had the wifi connector would not need any
>>>> cables ... thus limiting the mess and hassle.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Yes, should work. Those with WiFi just need your router's SSID and WPA
>>> key, and it should issue them with a LAN IP address each, so they will
>>> see each other. The router doesn't need a connection to the internet to
>>> do this.
>>>
>>> Those who need a wired connection could connect to one of the 4 LAN
>>> ports on the router, or if there's more than 4, just plug the 8-port hub
>>> into one of the LAN ports and use that.
>>>
>>> As long as each Xbox has an IP address issued by the router, the system
>>> link should work. You might want to plug a PC into the router so you
>>> can bring up the admin pages if you need to check the DCHP settings for
>>> example.
>>
>> Cool - I was thinking it would work. Hopefuly there will 4 with wifi and
>> 4 with out
>>
>> As it won't be connected to the net ... there will be no need for WEP/WPA
>> to make things tricky 
>>
>> Cheers
>
> The WEP/WPA has nowt to do with the internet, just your network. Unless
> you're suggesting disabling it as you won't be online, in which case this
> is a good idea.
Yes I mean the later
No net connection and no pc connected to it (apart from maybe the initial
setup)