16 Hayes ADSL Ethernet User’s Guide
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Online Gaming

2.1 Do I Need To Do Anything?

There are three cases where you need to set up your modem in
order to play online games.
If you are using your computer to play a “peer-to-peer” or
“head-to-head” game over the Internet, you always have to
set up the modem unless you linked up to your partner by going
to a web site. A peer-to-peer game is a game where two players
are competing directly against one another. Popular peer-to-peer
games include Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Dark
Reign 2, and Unreal Tournament. If you are unsure whether
your game is a peer-to-peer game, check the game instructions.
If you are using your computer to play a multiplayer game
and you want to host the game. Popular multiplayer games
include Half Life, Diablo II, Delta Force, Hexen II, Myth,
Quake II, and Warcraft II, III.
If you are playing an online game using Xbox Live or
PlayStation 2.
In all three cases you will need to:
• Choose an IP address for gaming.
• Open one or more ports in the modem’s built-in firewall by
setting up a filter so that the firewall doesn’t block the other
players.
• Assign the filter to your Internet connection.