Once you’ve decided what games you want to run during your tournament, it’s simply a matter of launching each game in multiplayer mode. There are two ways this can be done: you could either designate one of the players in the network to host a server and have the rest of the players join in, [...]

Once you’ve procured your network switch, it’s time to lay down the specifics of the network., The best kind of network to implement in a private LAN (like the one you are setting up) is known as a Class C network. Without getting into the specifics of IP nomenclature and architecture, a Class C [...]

Now that word of your LAN party has gone out, you need to get on to working on the heart of your event-the network. Since the computers are going to be networked, the most important aspect is the network switch. This is the box that will link all your computers to each other using standard [...]

It is a good idea to set a duration for your LAN party-perhaps a weekend or a couple of days at the most. This would be long enough for it to be exhilarating and short enough to ensure that the rest of your family members/hosts don’t loose hei atience! Of course, if you can [...]

A LAN party Is all about the experience – it should be comfortable, the participant should not find the recourses and infrastructure lacking and most of all, it should be a fun and memorable experience. Like any party, its success lies in the detailed planning. If you have never hosted LAN party before it [...]