Hmmm for the past few days ive noticed...well actually its been happening for some time but anyways ive noticed that my xbox connects to the live system at start up but after about 10-20 it automatically disconnects itself...and now its getting my **** tbh.
Im sure a lot of people on my xbla list see me popping on and off intermittently ie McDaniel and Davey Pitch who seem to be permanent onliner's lol. I apologise guys i aint doing it on purpose but anyways its really starting to get on my nerves...sometimes i dont even realise ive been cut off till i go back into the system blade.
Now i have my 360 connected via a network cable to my home network which consists of my old router...still works fine i might add which then goes into a switch/hub and is shared out to my server, laptop and another file sharing pc that i have sitting in a corner...isnt on or anything.
Anyways the internet is fine, i can easily browse the net even while downloading lots of dodgy stuff
and even when the 360 gets cut off it doesnt affect my connection. Ive ran all the tests, did it all manually ie ip and dns etc etc and it seems to run through all the tests pretty quickly except for one....which is the ICMP one which takes about 10 secs or so before it passes...well i think it passes..cant remember but that shouldnt make a difference should it??. Also NAT says its open and as far as i can tell thats fine...so dunno why it keeps cutting itself off now and again and doenst re-connect till i forcefully re-connect it.
I tried opening the ports specified in the xbox FAQ but to no avail...i can open all of them except for TCP 3074...my router keeps telling me its not available.
So now ive decided to buy a new router...might as well i guess but i dont know if that will solve my connection probs...this is one of the reasons why i havent been able to join in on any online gaming yet ie GOW and R6 etc. Because even playing with both my brothers, i keep getting disconn from them and its annoying.
So any ideas before i go and shell out money for a new router...the one im thinking of buying from OCUK is the Netgear DG834N 300Mbps Rangemax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall...i take it this is a good router??...if not then id like to know which one is a good decent router...plus i need something that looks decent-ish and this looks like a pretty nice unit.
All opinions and advice would be mucho appreciated...
TIA
Im sure a lot of people on my xbla list see me popping on and off intermittently ie McDaniel and Davey Pitch who seem to be permanent onliner's lol. I apologise guys i aint doing it on purpose but anyways its really starting to get on my nerves...sometimes i dont even realise ive been cut off till i go back into the system blade.
Now i have my 360 connected via a network cable to my home network which consists of my old router...still works fine i might add which then goes into a switch/hub and is shared out to my server, laptop and another file sharing pc that i have sitting in a corner...isnt on or anything.
Anyways the internet is fine, i can easily browse the net even while downloading lots of dodgy stuff
and even when the 360 gets cut off it doesnt affect my connection. Ive ran all the tests, did it all manually ie ip and dns etc etc and it seems to run through all the tests pretty quickly except for one....which is the ICMP one which takes about 10 secs or so before it passes...well i think it passes..cant remember but that shouldnt make a difference should it??. Also NAT says its open and as far as i can tell thats fine...so dunno why it keeps cutting itself off now and again and doenst re-connect till i forcefully re-connect it.I tried opening the ports specified in the xbox FAQ but to no avail...i can open all of them except for TCP 3074...my router keeps telling me its not available.
So now ive decided to buy a new router...might as well i guess but i dont know if that will solve my connection probs...this is one of the reasons why i havent been able to join in on any online gaming yet ie GOW and R6 etc. Because even playing with both my brothers, i keep getting disconn from them and its annoying.
So any ideas before i go and shell out money for a new router...the one im thinking of buying from OCUK is the Netgear DG834N 300Mbps Rangemax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall...i take it this is a good router??...if not then id like to know which one is a good decent router...plus i need something that looks decent-ish and this looks like a pretty nice unit.
All opinions and advice would be mucho appreciated...
TIA
