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static ip
Name: ty Date: February 3, 2009 at 19:21:42 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
i am pretty much computer illiterate to start off. my family just got a brand new netgear wireless router. my brother and i both play the same online game, he plays on the desktop i play on my laptop. prior to the wireless router he was able to create games, and now he cant. i set up a static ip and port forwarding on my laptop and i am able to create games now. When i went to set up a static ip on the desktop it didnt work and both computers where unable to connect to the internet. Any ideas on how i can set it up so both of us are able to create games.
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