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LAN Party: Hosting the Ultimate Frag Fest

ISBN: 978-0-7645-5895-5
Paperback
375 pages
April 2004
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http://www.bluesnews.com

Chapter 1

Check out the BluesNews site for new games, patches for games, news, and up-to-date information about games.

http://www.lanparty.com

Chapter 1

The LAN Party site is the place to be for everything you need to know about LAN parties.

http://www.meetinglocations.com

Chapter 3

Access this site to find out suitable meeting locations for your next LAN party.

http://www.yahoogroups.com

Chapter 5

This site offers free mailing lists.

http://www.starcitygames.com

Chapter 7

This is the place to be for all StarCityGames (and there are lots).

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp

Chapter 8

The ZoneAlarm Firewall can be found here.

http://server.counter-strike.net/server.php?cmd=howto

Chapter 12

Check out the CounterStrike Dedicated Server Tutorial.

http://www.fileplanet.com

Chapter 12

You can find dedicated servers on this site.

http://www.planetbattlefield.com/bf1942/game/server/guide.sh

Chapter 12

The Battlefield 1492 Dedicated Server Tutorial can be found on this site.

http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/server/

Chapter 12

Go here for the Castle Wolfenstein Dedicated Server Tutorial.

http://syntechsoftware.com/ST07052002P.php

Chapter 12

Check out America´s Army Dedicated Server Tutorial.

http://www.unrealadmin.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=listarticles&secid=5

Chapter 12

Access this site for the Unreal Tournament 2003 Dedicated Server Tutorial.

http://www.gamespy.com

Chapter 12

If you didn't find a tutorial for the game you were looking for, try this site. Not only do they have updates on all the latest games, but they're famous for creating fan sites for the most popular games. You may have noticed planetwolfenstein and planetbattlefield up above, but they also have www.planetunreal.com, www.planetdoom.com, www.planetcallofduty.com, www.grandtheftauto.com, www.planethalflife.com, and a planet for pretty much every major game in the lineup. These sites invariably have a page or two dedicated to server configuration tutorials and, as such, they are invaluable for the novice.

http://www.grisoft.com

Chapter 13

You can find AVG antivirus software on this site.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com

Chapter 13

This site features the HouseCall online virus scanner.

http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp

Chapter 13

This is another good site for an online scanner.

http://www.asylumlan.com

Chapter 14

AsylumLAN features some highly entertaining videos, including the Office Triathilon.

http://www.tomshardware.com/game/lanparty.html

Chapter 14

Features reviews of past parties, with many many pictures.

http://www.DDRfreak.com

Chapter 14

Videos of championship battles are featured here, as well as step guides and song lists.

http://www.nerf.com

Chapter 14

Check out the Nerf catalog--with all their cool Nerf guns--at this site.

http://www.supersoaker.com

Chapter 14

If you´re looking for great water pistols, this is the place to go.

http://www.d-link.com

Links of General LAN Interest

If you're looking for hardware information, here's a major manufacturer of LAN party-ready switches, routers, and switch/routers.

http://www.linksys.com

Links of General LAN Interest

If you're looking for hardware information, here's another major manufacturer of LAN party-ready switches, routers, and switch/routers.

http://www.netgear.com

Links of General LAN Interest

If you're looking for hardware information, here's another major manufacturer of LAN party-ready switches, routers, and switch/routers.

http://www.ebay.com

Links of General LAN Interest

Of course, if you're looking for cheap hardware, there's always eBay.

http://www.tomshardware.com

Links of General LAN Interest

Toms Hardware also has some rather nifty reviews and tutorials for the beginner.

http://en.wikipedia.org

Links of General LAN Interest

If you're confused by a networking term or definition you haven't heard before, this site has a pretty decent lookup system that explains these things in plain English.

http://www.webopedia.com

Links of General LAN Interest

This site may also help, if you're confused by a networking term or definition you haven't heard before.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/gaming

Links of General LAN Interest

This site has some pretty cool gaming T-shirts.