Best way to host LAN server with three players?

[Antstafer]

I'm a little out of practice with server configuration with these games, so I'm not sure what the most obvious approach to go about doing this is.

Two of my buddies and I are going to be getting together for a BF2 LAN party sometime soon, and I'm not sure if I should just run it through the dedicated server software (in LAN mode of course), or just use BF2's vanilla LAN capabilities, without the server software and swbfspy.

And as I understand it, you do NOT need to port forward for a LAN server, correct? Any recommendations and points I may be missing would be greatly appreciated!

[Led]

I would use the dedi software in LAN mode if you have an extra computer, but a players computer would work just fine too.  You don't need to port forward in LAN mode, but if you have problems check the firewall settings and players and host computers 

[Antstafer]

I would use the dedi software in LAN mode if you have an extra computer, but a players computer would work just fine too.  You don't need to port forward in LAN mode, but if you have problems check the firewall settings and players and host computers 

Thanks for the help, Led. Luckily I got a spare 'craptop' that can run BF2. Any particular reason why the dedicated server software's LAN is more favorable than the vanilla LAN host?