who's hub or router is the best

[Loosscru]

I want to set up a dedicated game server (24/7) off of my @home conection. i have the coumputer for it and the conection, the problem is what type of lan setup.
I used to used to use a linksy 4+1 hub but do to the firewall or something, you couldn't get anyone to see your game from outside. Anybody have success with a setup like this, and if so, what hardware should i be using?

BTW The other two computers will need to be conected to the network as well. In total 2 game stations and one server on the same lan that others can conect to from the outside. Games like CS and Q3 weapons factory, and anything else i can think of... Thanks.

 

[RGN]

I've got the Netgear 311 and @Home. I have hosted game servers by opening the correct port for the game to the server machine. Your linksys should do this too. For example, your would open port 27015 for Counterstrike on machine 192.168.0.2 (the server machine)

 

[kingofslack]

You need to go to the advanced tab in the router via a web browser, then click on the Forwarding tab. Open the service port to the IP address of your friend's computer(s) and Frag Away!

 

[BigDady92]

Friend of mine bought the Sonicwall SHOO. Sucker works great for everything. Fast, reliable, stateful-inspection firewall, NAT, DHCP, logging with syslogd, everything a man could ask for in an applicance firewall. $400 was the kicker put it's got a 100mhz pentium chip under the hood and not a 486/33 which some of the others carry(zykey, netgear).

The sonicwall allows dynamic allocation of ports as well as port dedication for your games. We opened up telnet for example to get at our Cisco2501 router inside his firewall for us to study for our CCNA(them/CCNP(me). It works just fine for that and it's fast as ducati with nitrous!


Solutionpen up ports, buy something more suited to the application, or just build a firewall with box (FreeBSD, Linux, LRP, etc.)