S.O.C.O.M. II beta test

[Goatweed]

goaty....your xbox will have it's own addy

each thing you have hooked up to it has its own MAC IP addy

ok

I turn my PC on - I go right into the router settings and DHCP - theres (I think ) only one IP there, the PC (or theres nothign there since I havent done anything yet)

Regardless, I run upstairs and toss in SOCOM, then I connect. I run downstairs, and theres another IP - like Mad sais, something like 192.168.1.101. Fine. But if I were to do that with the xbox INSTEAD OF the PS2, the same thing happens with the same IP. Therefore, IP's are being assigned based on connectivity (seemingly).

if I assign the PS2 192.168.1.101 but decide to play my X-box, wont it use the PS2's IP? How does the router distinguish? I can assign the xbox 192.168.1.102, but wont the router just assign it the PS2's IP if I turn the xbox on first?

And DIG, I use TimeWarner (cable) and it flies, DSL is for the most part problematic, some people love it, most hate it.

I live in a fairly populated street, and I know for a fact the kids on both sides of my house use a cable modem so they must be on the same node as me - and I always have speeds near or at my ISP's caps (currently 3000 down/370 up).