Newb Questions

[Azrazel]

Sup,

Just wanting to ask a few questions about EQEmu real quick but first let me explain a few things.

I'm stationed right now in Afghanistan with the Army and have several friends over here that have played EQ. We have tons of laptops, a little spare time, and lots of desire to play EQ again. I've just found out recently about EQEmu and I'm trying to read up on it as much as possible. I just want to clarify a few things and ask a couple questions.

1. Is it true that I can run a server off one of the laptops and make a small LAN (6-8 computers) for all of my friends to play on?

2. Which is better to use, a hub or a router? I have an 8 port hub here I can use but if I need a router, I'll have someone from the mainland send me one.

3. If this does work and I can get a computer to be the server and friends to get connected on the LAN, does everything work as normal in the game? For example, does zoning act the same, mobs/items are dropped as normal, xp'ing, etc?

4. Will I need the most up to date patches from the EQ servers as well?


All of my friends are pretty excited about the possibility but I don't want them getting too into this because as of right now, nothing's certain about this being able to work. I just want to be sure that I can run a LAN and have them connect so that everything will be good to go. We are planning on keeping the 6 of us together all of the time, leveling and so on.

If this goes well, this is gonna make quite a few people happy.

Thanks a ton,

Az