LAN Party: Setting Up Your Own LAN
April 10, 2004 12:00
Introduction
So how do you host a party like this?
We received the following message after we covered the March 2004 Stompfest event.
| "My friends and I were very impressed by the article "Stompfest 2004". As a matter of fact we would like to find out what it would take for us to throw a successful, large LAN party. We have participated in basement parties for four years now with up to seven computers at any one time. We would like to go bigger...much bigger, and we are wondering about what kind of servers are used at LAN parties like Stompfest. We think we could handle the software and cables, but what kind of switches or hubs are commonly used? And how do the big parties get such great sponsors and all that free stuff? Maybe even an idea for a new article could be, 'How to throw your own LAN event.'
With as many articles as you guys have already written, I realize you may have covered this before. If you have perhaps you could direct me to the article that divulges this information. "Thanks for your time and your web site." |
Why haven't there been "how to" articles in reference to setting up your own LAN? If you ever needed a review of the latest graphics card, processor or some other component, Tom's Hardware Guide has been the resource for the latest in computer technology. THG is also reporting the latest in the networking world . Over the last two and a half years, THG has also been covering LAN parties across North America. That coverage has now been expanded to events throughout the world. With all of these informational assets available at THG, there still hasn't been something to help people organize a LAN... until now.
This article will be the first of several with the aim of helping the LAN gaming community grow. Among other things, we hope to continually offer insights so that people planning and attending LANs will understand what is involved in planning successful events.
There are some good web based sources that can get you started but there aren't many places to get something past the basics of hosting an event. Not only should there be information available in article form by also as links to contacts in the community to help you. Links to people that can answer whatever questions you have as well as other resources to get you off the ground or move your existing LAN to the next level. A foundation will be laid to get everyone at the same starting point. With that in place we can move on to bigger and better discussions.
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