Need help with Network,, especially gamers!

[MysticPhantom]

Hey whats up? I currently installed a network in my house that contains three computers. We all can serve the web without problems, but when it comes to playing games sometimes complications arise. For instance. the main computer can access call of duty servers, but the other computer cannot. Also when we both try to play starcraft, it sometimes lags or won't let us join the same game because the latency is too high. Is there anything we could do to address this issue? If i were to open the call of duty port would that help?

 

[amdskip]

How is your network setup?

 

[MysticPhantom]

Peer to peer. I got a netgear router (fvs318) which is connected to a surfboard cable modem, then I have each computer (3) connected to the router. I then took windows xp and installed the home office network thing on each computer. Thats about all I did. WE can surf the web without any problems just sometimes games are messed up if we play them at the same time

 

[kindest]

try setting your router in dmz mode.