Max number of simultaneous users from one IP

[pukster]

I have a LAN with 5 computers and generally I only have one or maybe two people over, but now I need all six and have noticed that 3 seems to be a magic number. First, here is how i have my LAN set up

Windows 7 computers request, and generally get, the following static ip addresses

192.168.1.201
192.168.1.202
192.168.1.203
192.168.1.204
192.168.1.205

The router, and FAF, have been set up to forward and accept the following ports

6111 - > 192.168.1.201:6111
6112 - > 192.168.1.202:6112
6113 - > 192.168.1.203:6113
6114 - > 192.168.1.204:6114
6115 - > 192.168.1.205:6115

Now everything works, and I can host LAN games no problem, but after I log in the 4th computer, I noticed that the chat lobby fails with the following message:

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[ping: None->1B6775B5]1B6775B5
[welcome: faforever.com->puksterjr]Welcome to the FA Forever Net IRC Network [email protected]
[yourhost: faforever.com->puksterjr]Your host is faforever.com, running version Unreal3.2.8.1
[created: faforever.com->puksterjr]This server was created lundi 27 août (UTC+0200) at 2012, 11:07:48
[myinfo: faforever.com->puksterjr]faforever.com
Unreal3.2.8.1
iowghraAsORTVSxNCWqBzvdHtGp
lvhopsmntikrRcaqOALQbSeIKVfMCuzNTGj
[featurelist: faforever.com->puksterjr]UHNAMES
NAMESX
SAFELIST
HCN
MAXCHANNELS=10
CHANLIMIT=#:10
MAXLIST=b:60,e:60,I:60
NICKLEN=30
CHANNELLEN=32
TOPICLEN=307
KICKLEN=307
AWAYLEN=307
MAXTARGETS=20
are supported by this server
[featurelist: faforever.com->puksterjr]WALLCHOPS
WATCH=128
WATCHOPTS=A
SILENCE=15
MODES=12
CHANTYPES=#
PREFIX=(qaohv)~&@%+
CHANMODES=beI,kfL,lj,psmntirRcOAQKVCuzNSMTG
NETWORK=FA-Forever-Net
CASEMAPPING=ascii
EXTBAN=~,cqnr
ELIST=MNUCT
STATUSMSG=~&@%+
are supported by this server
[featurelist: faforever.com->puksterjr]EXCEPTS
INVEX
CMDS=KNOCK,MAP,DCCALLOW,USERIP
are supported by this server
[disconnect: faforever.com->]Connection reset by peer.

I get this message on whatever computer is the fourth one logging on, so it's not just one computer that is broken. Note that I can still play LAN games between the 5 comptuers, which is great. Normally I wouldn't care about something like chat functionality on a LAN gaming session. However, the computer that can not connect to the chat lobby also can not connect to others on the net during an online game.

I have tried the following to fix the problem:

1. Use different cables
2. Reset network switch
3. Reset Router
4. Reset Modem
5. Restart Windows
6. Use different ethernet port

None of this changes the fact that the fourth computer can not connect to the lobby. Now, to make things even more complicated, one of my desktops, for whatever reason, refuses to acknowledge that it has an ethernet port. Sadly I had to get a wireless dongle for it. Surprisingly this dongle makes it so that this wireless enabled computer always connects to the chat lobby, even if it is the fourth or fifth computer to do so. I truly think this is happening on the FAF server which can detect multiple computers coming in from the same ip and assumes it is a hacker. Can anyone confirm this? Thank you.

[pukster]

On further tries, it seems I can connect to games. I don't know if the the previous time was just a bad connection or if all the things I did finally fixed something, but I no longer have problems connecting to online games. The chat lobby, however, still fails to connect for more than 3 wired computers (with the single wireless computer acting as a wild card.

[Ze_PilOt]

The chat is limiting the connections from the same IP to avoid flood, that won't affect the game.

[pukster]

The chat is limiting the connections from the same IP to avoid flood, that won't affect the game.

OK great, thanks.