User's Manual

Chapter 5: The X6v and Online Gaming
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• If you are using your computer to play a multi-player game
and you want to host the game. Popular multi-player games
include Half Life, Diablo II, Delta Force, Hexen II, Myth,
Quake II, and Warcraft II, III.
• If you are playing an online game using Xbox® Live or
PlayStation® 2.
In all three cases you will need to do 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® 2.
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 Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol or DHCP) to the devices on the local area
network whenever they reboot. Therefore, the addresses won’t
necessarily always be the same. The modem, however, can be set
up to assign the same address to your computer or gaming system
every time.
To ensure that your computer or gaming system always uses the
same address, follow the steps below.