Two PC's on One Connection

[zild1221 10]

I am getting really irritated now about this problem I am having. No one in troubleshooting can help so I will bring it down here to hopefully get some new eyes on the problem.

Anyway, I have had my ARMA 2 for a while now. I love playing it and now rent a server. I can play fine with all of my friends, everything works perfect. Now, my brother purchased the game to play with us. The problem lies here.

When I am on the server and my brother tries to connect, I red-link and lose connection and it says "connection failed" for him. Vice-versa happens if he is on the server. This did the same thing when my cousin had his PC here. The only way we can play together is if we both get in the server before the mission loads. If we are in and then select the mission, everything is perfectly fine. This just sucks though because if either of us get a random crash, we cannot reconnect.

I find this very odd because my friends who I play on the server with do not have this problem. A few of them live together and can play fine.

Again, this is very very frustrating. If we had known this, we would not have gotten a second copy of the game.

Also, we cannot connect to any other server together, the same thing happens.

If there is any other info you need, let me know.

Any longer and I will have to find where BIS is and go throw the box of ARMA through a window.

[Auss 208]

Are you Windows ICS? If so thats the problem, has been a known issue with OFP/Arma etc

[zild1221 10]

Nope.

[bhaz 0]

Any chance you could borrow your friend's router to test? If the problem isn't unique to your machines (ie, you mentioned your cousin) then my first guess would be the router. Specifically, I'm talking about NAT settings, but there's just way too many features on routers these days to throw out a wild guess.

[zild1221 10]

Hmm, I could go pick one up at best buy or something and if it doesnt work return it. I do not know if this is the problem though seeing as we can play other games together. Not just that, but I have it DMZ'ed and the firewall off.

I guess I could try picking up a new router.

[kdjac 19]

Set up an sub IP for each machine ie 192.168.1.2 for you and 1.3 for him on your PCs ie dont use DHCP..

Arma doesnt use ports so shouldnt be an issue.

Its either the server not allowing 2 connections from the same IP or your router, xboxes have this exact problem with certain routers it will not allow 2 xboxes to connect to the same server.

Before you buy another router try the server end.

http://arma2.swec.se/server/data/125832

see if you can both connect to that , i can check our logs to see if an error appears.

(ace and duala required)

[zild1221 10]

I do have us set up for two different static IP's. I am 1.10, he is 1.9, my cousin was 1.8.

Also, my brother and my other cousin were trying to play xbox together here the other day and could not connect to the same server. Maybe it is the router.

BTW, it is not server side, we cannot connect to any other server together, we have tried a bunch. Also, I cannot try that server either way, we refuse to get ACE. Too much hassle.

[PogMoThoin 10]

Turn off the firewall in the router and see if it works

[zild1221 10]

Turn off the firewall in the router and see if it works

Uh. Did you read at all?

Hmm, I could go pick one up at best buy or something and if it doesnt work return it. I do not know if this is the problem though seeing as we can play other games together. Not just that, but I have it DMZ'ed and the firewall off.

I guess I could try picking up a new router.

[kdjac 19]

I do have us set up for two different static IP's. I am 1.10, he is 1.9, my cousin was 1.8.

Also, my brother and my other cousin were trying to play xbox together here the other day and could not connect to the same server. Maybe it is the router.

BTW, it is not server side, we cannot connect to any other server together, we have tried a bunch. Also, I cannot try that server either way, we refuse to get ACE. Too much hassle.

Then you can be fairly sure its the router. What model is it? before you buy check out that xbox list of "known" routers in case you buy one of them.

can you borrow one? being cheap and its a recession i would be hesitant to buy anything before i know i cant fix it either via hacks or a firmware update.

google "your router" 2 xboxes "should yield reasonable results.

btw pog was only helping ;)

[zild1221 10]

I wasn't attacking him, I was just kind of like ????? LOL.

My router is the Netgear WGT624. I know it has problems with connecting to two xbox's now from googling.

Time to search for a new router. I need to find one that will do 100 Mbps wireless.

[PogMoThoin 10]

If You're looking for a good router buy this one, I can highly recommend it: http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Compatible/dp/B000BTL0OA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277226465&sr=1-1

Wherever You buy, be sure get the linux one (WRT54GL as this is the older specs version before Cisco messed with the components), You can then flash it with some custom firmware like dd-wrt or tomato and turn a normal router into a serious expensive piece of kit.

Lots of guides on dd-wrt if You google:

http://lifehacker.com/178132/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router

[zild1221 10]

That one is a no-go. I need something that can do wireless n. I have a 100Mb connection here and would like to get the most of that possible on my wireless devices.

I was looking at this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127254

D-Link is known to be very good as well.

[PogMoThoin 10]

Dlink are terrible IMO (I get through hundreds of routers per yr as part of my job) and draft n is not an n spec router, may not be fully compatible your n wireless cards or household devices, mobile phones etc. http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2006/04/editorial_dont_buy_draft_n.html

Draft n are the routers released before the exact standard of n were decided upon.

This Linksys N does dd-wrt also: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-connections-Broadband/dp/B001ELWASE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277229165&sr=8-1

Edited June 22, 2010 by PogMoThoin

[zild1221 10]

Eh. That router is WAY out of my price range. The cheapest you can get it around here for is $160 USD.

Also, when I networked my home, I ran Cat6. I should get a Gigabit router no? That way I can have max transfer speed from pc to pc.

Edited June 22, 2010 by zild1221

[PogMoThoin 10]

This is another great router, better price (also takes dd-wrt firmware): http://www.amazon.com/Nfiniti-Wireless-Essential-Router-WHR-HP-G300N/dp/B002WBV2T8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277234443&sr=8-1

Also, when I networked my home, I ran Cat6. I should get a Gigabit router no? That way I can have max transfer speed from pc to pc.

Cheapest way is to just get a gigabit switch, connect each cat6 in your house into the switch and connect it to the router and that way all wired devices will have gigabit between them, your route to the internet is fine on ethernet as the limit is Your internet connection

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gigabit+switch&x=0&y=0

There are gigabit routers but You're looking at $150+ like above: http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WRT320N-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Gigabit/dp/B001SEL326/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277238571&sr=8-2

Edited June 22, 2010 by PogMoThoin

[zild1221 10]

Ok, I think that is what I am going to do. The Nfinity router and a cheap 8 port gigabit switch.

Thanks, once I get them and get it running I will let you know how it goes.