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Originally posted by Rameg74Here is something to ponder... I don't have a lot of specifics right now and I am guessing you will want more info, so ask away and I let you know ASAP.A friend of mine just got a new PC and he was thinking about hosting a dedicated UT2004 server on his laptop for him, our friend Rod, and myself to play on. I don't know how well it would play, but he just wanted to try it out. The Setup…Ben's PC is hooked directly to his cable modem. His Laptop is connected to his PC with a crossover cable and it is getting the Internet connection through the PC. There is no router involved, it's just a crossover cable. He (being suborn) wants to leave the cable modem hooked up to the PC and the Laptop hooked up to it with the crossover, but he wants to run the server on the laptop. When he runs the server on his PC, Rod and I (all of us are playing from our homes on cable modems) can connect to it just fine and it plays great, but if he tries to run a server on his laptop Rod and I cannot get connected. If he advertises the server running on his laptop, it shows up on the master list, but shows no ping, and has no game info. If you try to join, it fails to connect. Ben, of course, can get in the game from his PC.I realize that there are other ways (better ways) to run his server, but he is not giving up on this idea, and it’s annoying me So what I want to know is, is it possible to run a server on his laptop the way it is setup? If so, what needs to be done, by him, or the people trying to connect to make it work. We have tried his IP he is getting from his ISP, and the IP his computer assigned to his laptop and neither one will let us connect. Any feedback is appreciated