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    Old 18-01-2007, 04:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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    Question - can two people play WOW through the same router?
    Just wondering... as i've got port 3724 forwarded to a single LAN IP - so is it (in any way) possible?

    Two PCs, different LAN IPs, same gateway, same WAN IP..

    The obvious solution would be to allow me to change the games port..
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    Me and my bro have played online games for years through the same router. MMOs and FPS.

    Never had any problems.
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    Old 18-01-2007, 04:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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    Really? Never tried it before myself! So you don't even have to configure the router?
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    Old 18-01-2007, 04:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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    Old 18-01-2007, 05:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
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    me and wife play wow off same router with nothing changed in router

    also css bf2 and bf1942
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    Old 19-01-2007, 01:08 AM   #7 (permalink)
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    Old 19-01-2007, 07:47 AM   #8 (permalink)
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    you need to change port in steam for hl2 im not sure of the command off top of my head but could look in to it
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    Old 19-01-2007, 08:09 AM   #9 (permalink)
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    I don't see why you need port forwarded at all.
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    Old 19-01-2007, 08:15 AM   #10 (permalink)
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    Using a Belkin router here and have 2 comps running wow at the same time no problem. No port forwarding or any other messing about was needed.

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    Old 19-01-2007, 08:41 AM   #11 (permalink)
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    Was about to ask the same question myself; so thanks dangel for asking it for me!

    (and thanks to everyone who answered)
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    Old 19-01-2007, 09:58 AM   #12 (permalink)
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    As long as you are playing on different accounts it doesnt matter.. you can play 2 accounts from one pc if you wish

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    Old 19-01-2007, 10:02 AM   #13 (permalink)
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    Provided the firewall in your router has SPI there's no reason whatsoever that you couldn't have 200 people playing WoW through it. Other than the horrible lag.
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    Old 19-01-2007, 10:17 AM   #14 (permalink)
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    Originally Posted by Dooms View Post
    As long as you are playing on different accounts it doesnt matter.. you can play 2 accounts from one pc if you wish
    Yes this is true, I used to run 2 EVE-Online accounts from the same PC without any issues.
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    Old 19-01-2007, 10:20 AM   #15 (permalink)
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    Originally Posted by Dooms View Post
    As long as you are playing on different accounts it doesnt matter.. you can play 2 accounts from one pc if you wish
    Used to do this in SWG, running 2 WoW clients make my computer cry

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    Old 19-01-2007, 10:22 AM   #16 (permalink)
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    Thats strange... my computer cried more playing 2 SWG games than 2x WoW

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