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>>kenton+(OP)
As the former proprietor of LanParty.com (which I mistakenly included in a sale to IGN) I must salute you. The absolute genius of the provided lan equipment and particularly the management thereof is an inspiration.

I think the lack of any standing offerings of variations of Quake is a glaring mistake but easily rectified. :)

It's really heartening to see lan gaming continued and offered in such a way that the amount of hassle and setup is minimized and the gaming is maximized. We spent far too much time in the 90's and 2000's dealing with driver issues, etc etc. Bravo.

>>Multip+AB
I remember our biggest issue being IP addresses. We had no router, or expertise, so we were at the whims of automatic addresses (254.x... as far as I recall?). Good times.

>>zamale+zi1
Windows will self-assign from 169.254/16 in the absence of a DHCP server.

>>hunter+Uq1
Also 15 years ago?

>>tossan+XC1
Yes.

The idea was specified in 2005, and there's a related question about Windows using these addresses in 2011 [1]. I haven't tried to find older evidence.

[1] https://superuser.com/questions/238625/why-is-windows-defaul...

>>Symbio+PG1
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3927

"Microsoft Windows 98 (and later) and Mac OS 8.5 (and later) already support this capability."

And https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/win-98-fails...