2 xboxs on one connection

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I have just moved house where two of us will have Xboxs are are more than likely to both go online at the sametime.

I have just heard off Oneshot off here that having two xboxes on one IP address will cause issues.

Any info would be great. We will be with BT for broadband :(
 
I have two on my connection, both can access and use live fine without any lag/disconnection issues. The only problem that I have is they can't see each other for LAN games.
 
It depends on the router.

I had all sorts of problems with my old router only one of uscould get online, whoever turned their xbox on first, but with my new one all I had to do was make sure UPnP was switched on and the xboxs were set to automatically find IPs.
 
Your fine on the BT homehub, one of the few that will give you an open NAT on both Xbox's. You will be fine.

It's the only plus with being with them.
 
The only thing I can think of that might go wrong is if you have to do any port forwarding... it's been so long since I set mine up I can't remember if I had to forward any ports.

Dunno though.
 
Sorry for a slight hi-jack but I'm possibly looking into doing this and I've never owned a router per say. I'm on virgin media and it's only got one cable out... what router should I be looking at?
 
MadFruit said:
The only thing I can think of that might go wrong is if you have to do any port forwarding... it's been so long since I set mine up I can't remember if I had to forward any ports.

Dunno though.
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Nah he's fine with the new firmware with the Hub two will be straight forward. I don't have to do anything with set up, just turn it on.

A few links

http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/XBoxLiveTheGuide3.php?title=BT HomeHub Strict NAT

http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/XBoxLiveTheGuide3.php?title=BT Homehub Review (ADSL)

Right at the bottom of this one, it tells you 2 will work fine.

http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/XBoxLiveTheGuide3.php?title=ADSL Customer Recommendations

Thats a good site as well if you do get issues for working through them :)
 
DreXeL said:
I have two on my connection, both can access and use live fine without any lag/disconnection issues. The only problem that I have is they can't see each other for LAN games.
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If you want them to see eachother in LAN games you need to disconnect them from the router and plug them into eachother nothing else.
 
Has anyone managed to connect two Xbox's using a Linksys WRT54GS? I've had no luck with this at all but have yet to try enabling UPNP.

I know with one xbox I have to forward ports 3074 and 88 (i think it was these) to get it to work but that was without using UPNP. Best I have managed so far is one with open and one with a moderate NAT.

DMZ did n't work at all even after giving both xbox's a static IP and tried one xbox in DMZ and one using port forwarding , that does n't work either.
 
Drukk said:
Has anyone managed to connect two Xbox's using a Linksys WRT54GS? I've had no luck with this at all but have yet to try enabling UPNP.

I know with one xbox I have to forward ports 3074 and 88 (i think it was these) to get it to work but that was without using UPNP. Best I have managed so far is one with open and one with a moderate NAT.

DMZ did n't work at all even after giving both xbox's a static IP and tried one xbox in DMZ and one using port forwarding , that does n't work either.
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Reading this

http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/XBoxLiveTheGuide3.php?title=Two Xboxes one internet connection

It links to this ...

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/support/xbox/connect/faq/routers.htm

Which tells you the routers which will take two 360's on open NAT through Cable.

I had a 54G which used to do it no problems. I didn't set anything up either.
 
On my 54G and two xboxs i have each xbox have a static IP each and forward ports 3074 and 88 to both of them and both work wonderfully. Bear in mind i havent yet tried both xboxs joining the same game on xbl yet.
 
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