Playing in a LAN with Different Subnets
Phelps-san
I'm trying to play Warcraft III with a few friends in the office, but
we ran into a problem: People from different floors have different
subnets, and were're having trouble getting everyone into a game. I've
been doing some research, and found a few possible solutions:
1) Using Battle.net -> Not gonna happen due to our firewall.
2) Using a Battle.net Emulator (PvPGN or Warforge) -> Requires a
cracked .exe or a loader and registry changes, which some of my
coleagues aren't too fond of (in truth, neither am I).
3) Using a Packet Forwarder (BattleLan or Lancraft) -> Seems to be the
most promising solution so far.
I'd like to hear some opinions from others with a similar problem, and
any suggestions before I go forward with this.
-- Phelps-san
Karri Rantala
> Hello,
>
> 3) Using a Packet Forwarder (BattleLan or Lancraft) -> Seems to be the
> most promising solution so far.
Packet forwarder is the way to go. Quite easy to set up too. Works fine
too for what little I have it used for.
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Karri Rantala
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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to play Warcraft III with a few friends in the office, but we
> ran into a problem: People from different floors have different subnets,
> and were're having trouble getting everyone into a game. I've been doing
> some research, and found a few possible solutions:
>
> 1) Using Battle.net -> Not gonna happen due to our firewall. 2) Using a
> Battle.net Emulator (PvPGN or Warforge) -> Requires a cracked .exe or a
> loader and registry changes, which some of my coleagues aren't too fond of
> (in truth, neither am I). 3) Using a Packet Forwarder (BattleLan or
> Lancraft) -> Seems to be the most promising solution so far.
@2) do you really emphasize the applying of unsolicited binary code on company
computers? seriously - what happens if the .exe's are trojaned?
> I'd like to hear some opinions from others with a similar problem, and any
> suggestions before I go forward with this.
describe how the different subnets look like - what machines route the
traffic with which OS / how many machines are on each subnet ?
if the problem is, that you are unable to ping machines on the other
floor, i sincerly doubt that your so called network does work at all - i
even think its supposed to not work, cause the different floors all have
their own firewall machines then. so you would need to install software on
all firewall machines ( also unsolicited binary code - which only the
author knows about what it does ... in case of battlelan or lancraft ).
you should give us more info, cause i think the problem might be more
complicated. easiest thing would be - ask the admin of your network to
merge the two subnets or route the packets between the two subnets.
i see no need for battle.net here.
Phelps-san
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:12:48 +0000, Phelps-san wrote:
>
> @2) do you really emphasize the applying of unsolicited binary code on company
> computers? seriously - what happens if the .exe's are trojaned?
No, I don't. That's why I said I didn't like solution #2. :)
> describe how the different subnets look like - what machines route the
> traffic with which OS / how many machines are on each subnet ?
> if the problem is, that you are unable to ping machines on the other
> floor, i sincerly doubt that your so called network does work at all - i
> even think its supposed to not work, cause the different floors all have
> their own firewall machines then. so you would need to install software on
> all firewall machines ( also unsolicited binary code - which only the
> author knows about what it does ... in case of battlelan or lancraft ).
From what I understand of the net layout, there's only a hardware
router between the subnets, without a firewall. I can ping the
machines downstairs, as well as access their file and SQL servers.
Also, people from different floors can play games where you specify
the server IP address (such as Diablo II and Counter-Strike) without
any problems.
> you should give us more info, cause i think the problem might be more
> complicated. easiest thing would be - ask the admin of your network to
> merge the two subnets or route the packets between the two subnets.
> i see no need for battle.net here.
While I agree this would be the perfect solution, I don't think I can
justify a change in corporate infrastructure just so I can play
Warcraft III.
-- Phelps-san
Phelps-san
> Phelps-san wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > 3) Using a Packet Forwarder (BattleLan or Lancraft) -> Seems to be the
> > most promising solution so far.
>
> Packet forwarder is the way to go. Quite easy to set up too. Works fine
> too for what little I have it used for.
Have you tried both BattleLan and Lancraft? Which one do you recommend?
-- Phelps-san
Karri Rantala
> Have you tried both BattleLan and Lancraft? Which one do you recommend?
I've tried BattleLan and Farsight (for Mac). Both worked without hitch.
I found them at:
<http://www.wcgalaxy.com/>
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Karri Rantala
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