multiple computers

kylerthegod · Post by **kylerthegod** » 2008-05-02 12:49

hi boys,

I ave a questoin i hope some of you either did or know someone in a similar scenario then what i am going to ask. Please only facts, no guesses

I have 2 PC's at home and consider playing with my son. I am going to acquire a 2nd BF2 game, so 2 different CD keys.

But since we are in one home, mounted on a router, we will technically have 1 IP address.

Is this possible with the BF2 game, the way it is designed or is the fact i have 1 IP and 2 connections to the same server (this is what i want to do) going to simply not work, like only one PC would...

Let me know and Thanks in advance.

Levesly · Post by **Levesly** » 2008-05-02 13:06

If its a Network router then each PC should be given an individual IP address and therefore BF2 should be fine. Atleast thats as far as I know. What type of router is it? I'll drop a message to someone I know that does computing and ask him.

zangoo · Post by **zangoo** » 2008-05-02 13:09

i have 2 computers running bf2, when i would play with my brother on bf2v it was fine.

maz.uk · Post by **maz.uk** » 2008-05-02 13:14

will work fine iv got some clan guys that have several pc on same net work so him and his two sons play online at the same time and same server

Post by **Rhino** » 2008-05-02 13:44

yep, when ranky has one of his RGG lans we all jump on on the same net connection and go on knife killing sprees

nedlands1 · Post by **nedlands1** » 2008-05-02 13:52

kylerthegod wrote: Is this possible with the BF2 game, the way it is designed or is the fact i have 1 IP and 2 connections to the same server (this is what i want to do) going to simply not work, like only one PC would...

Let me know and Thanks in advance.

Works perfectly fine with me and a friend on my connection.

at1as · Post by **at1as** » 2008-05-02 14:04

it will just work fine, because routers use NAT (Network adress translation), so BF2 servers will consider you 2 as 2 different clients with same IP but with different TCP port.

M4nicMin3r · Post by **M4nicMin3r** » 2008-05-02 14:46

yeh like what been mentioned its possible but to avoid certain difficulties (DHCP leaseing etc) you should really set each PC with a static internal IP rather than letting the router assign one automatically, just to make sure.

eg (simple NAT example):

your router ip address is: 192.168.0.1

1st pc :192.168.0.2

2nd pc: 192.168.0.3

All on the same subnetmask of 255.255.255.0

Default DNS been your router address: 192.168.0.1
Default gateway ( on each PC )is your router address:192.168.0.1

Post by **epoch** » 2008-05-02 15:39

Absolutely no need to a static IP address at all. DHCP is fine

at1as is spot on - the NAT does all the work in getting the packets from A to B, and back to A again. That's it's job.

Howitzer · Post by **Howitzer** » 2008-05-02 15:41

i play on the same server at lot with my brother in the other room and no problems

Ironcomatose · Post by **Ironcomatose** » 2008-05-02 16:55

Yep it will work fine. I have also done this but you have to watch out for chuck norris, as he may come through your interwebs.

Post by **Spec** » 2008-05-02 17:18

Does NOT work for me. Dont ask me why.