Forum:LAN party

When Halo 3 comes out I'm planning to have a LAN. But befroe that I'm going to do one with Halo 2. I was wondering if you guys had any ideas on gametypes, setup, ect.-- MCPO Spartan  1138  03:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Depending on how many people you're going to have and how many ports your router has, you might want to look into procuring a crossover ethernet cable (use that to connect two or more routers together) -- t O  O 12:44, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to try to get a 16 player lan.-- MCPO Spartan  1138  15:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

You probably are going to need at least two routers (quite possibly 3 or 4, depending on how many your router(s) supports), three or four crossover ethernet cables, lots of regular ethernet cables. Not to mention 16 TVs, Xboxes, and lots of extension cords. Man, I'd hate to see the electric bill ;) -- t O  O 21:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

WTF 1 TV per person?? I'm sayin 4 people on an xbox. 4 TVs, 4 360s, 16 controlers, 16 people.-- MCPO Spartan  1138  22:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

That changes things, forget the crossover cables then :) -- -- t O</BIG></BIG> <font color = "Blue"> O 02:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Get one router, or a hub, if necessary... but Halo 2 has a lot of info, so I'd say router. I personally like Linksys, but D-Link works too, sometimes... you can probably pick on up, unwired, for fifty whacks at Best Buy, or cheaper on eBay... or if you want, buy it, use it, return it and say it's not quite what you're looking for. =P If you only got for Xboki, no daisy-chaining necessary or anything like that, so only one router, just regular ethernet cables will work, but Linksys is pretty variable, so you can use a crossover if you must, I think... <font color="#000000">G <font color="#770000">ü <font color="#cc0000">é <font color="#ff0000">ß <font color="#ff3333">Ł <font color="#ff6666">¥ -<font color="#9999ff">∏ <font color="#6666ff">é <font color="#3333ff">Ґ <font color="#0000ff">∫ <font color="#0000cc">ø <font color="#000066">ñ <font color="#000000">¥ -<font color="#000000">† <font color="#007700">ħ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00ff00">И <font color="#44ff44">g <font color="#99ff99">¥  02:18, 2 May 2007 (UTC)