Chapter 5: The X6v and Online Gaming
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series
,
Quake II
,
Half-Life
and
Half-Life II
,
Warcraft
®
II
and
III
,
World of Warcraft
and
Lord of the Rings
.
•
If you are playing an online game using Xbox or Xbox 360
Live or PlayStation 2 or 3.
In all three cases you will need to follow the steps described in
the next section,
Setting Up the X6v for Online Gaming.
Setting Up the X6v for Online
Gaming
Setting up the X6v for online gaming involves two basic steps:
Choosing an IP Address for Gaming
and
Setting Up a Virtual
Server or DMZ.
This section provides instructions for doing these
tasks on your computer, Xbox, or PlayStation.
Step 1: Choosing an IP Address for
Gaming
You need to make sure that the computer or gaming system you
use for playing games always has the same IP address. By default,
the X6v assigns addresses dynamically (using
D
ynamic
H
ost
C
onfiguration
P
rotocol or DHCP) to the devices on the local area
network whenever they reboot. These addresses won’t necessarily
always be the same. Therefore, you need to assign a Static
(unchanging) IP address to every computer or gaming system in
the network.
•
If you are using a computer for gaming, continue below.
•
If you are using an Xbox or Xbox 360, go to page 75.
•
If you are using a PlayStation 2 or 3, go to page 76.
If you are using a computer to play an online
game:
1
If you know the name of your computer or if you have only
one computer connected, you can find the MAC address under
DHCP Clients
at the bottom of the
Create New DHCP
Server Fixed Host
page. You can also find the MAC address