BYOND on LAN? in Developer Help

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Oct 17 2004, 8:41 am
I was wondering if and how BYOND would work on a LAN. I was thinking about it, but with no way of testing it I thought I would ask. If there is no connection to the internet, just a LAN with say - 20 people on can they all access the game? How would they do it? I thought about byond://localhost but I sort-of doubt that would work =P Maybe it could be the network address? I'm at a loss. Thanks for the help in advance.
#1 Oct 17 2004, 8:48 am
You'd just need to know the LAN ip address of the hosting computer. It would probably be something like 192.168.1.100.
#2 Oct 17 2004, 9:43 am
In response to Jon88 (#1)
This is a list of the IPs coming from my HUB. Here is an example:
  • 192.168.0.100
  • 192.168.0.101
  • 192.168.0.102
  • 192.168.0.103


  • Lets say you have the game hosted on 192.168.0.103:4999 to access in on the other computer would be the same as connection to one over the internet. Just get on the computer and type in 192.168.0.103:4999 in the connection area.

    I've tested this so it works.

    -RR
#3 Oct 17 2004, 10:46 am
A network is a network. The only difference between the internet and your home network is that the internet is a larger network with millions of people connected. That is why it is called the internet.
#4 Oct 17 2004, 11:56 am
In response to Loduwijk (#3)
This I know. =P It doesn't exactly mean that connecting to it on an intranet is the same as connecting to it through the internet.
#5 Oct 17 2004, 12:29 pm
In response to SSJ2GohanDBGT (#4)
SSJ2GohanDBGT wrote:
This I know. =P It doesn't exactly mean that connecting to it on an intranet is the same as connecting to it through the internet.

actually it does- the method to do so is the same, the only difference between a LAN and the internet is the class of ip addresses that are available. 192.168.n.n, 10.0.n.n, and i think 172.n.n.n are the three ranges that are reserved for LANS, the rest used by the internet.
#6 Oct 17 2004, 1:28 pm
In response to digitalmouse (#5)
209.94.n.n is used a lot, too.
#7 Oct 19 2004, 2:43 am
In response to digitalmouse (#5)
BYOND, however, may try to access the internet. If that isn't possible, it can get annoyed. You can type .configure hub-address none to tell it not to bother. Type .configure hub-address to turn hub access back on again.