Planning a LAN session ......

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

"Plebism" <plebism@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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

add in a wireless access point to one of the ports on your linksys router

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.

"Gaz" <Gaz@BY.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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

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.

--
Zo

Plebism wrote:
>
>
> As it won't be connected to the net ... there will be no need for
> WEP/WPA to make things tricky
>
> Cheers

True - since your Wireless LAN will have no internet connection you
could probably leave it unsecured as nobody is going to gain anything by
connecting to it.... but best not to leave a PC connected to it if you
do so, someone with malicious intent could do some damage if they
connected to your LAN.... and of course make sure you put your security
back in place when you're finished.... ;-)

"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)