 tobyTroy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
Seattle, WA | reply to desistyle3
Re: Qwest DSL - terrible xbox live performance Make sure your internal network is working ok first, post some tracert's or pings from your computer to your xbox first. |
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Here is the line quality test I ran. Looks like everything came out a-okay  .
How would i run a tracert to my xbox? I have a mac btw...
Thanks,
Amul |
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Even though i see my 360 has the address 192.168.1.103, i'm unable to ping it....
Bout to hardwire it in... |
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 PixelFreakInnocent Until Proven Guilty
join:2001-02-21
Bremerton, WA | reply to desistyle3
said by desistyle3:How do I set up the DMZ and which ports should I forward to the 360? If you are putting the Xbox in the DMZ, you don't forward any ports - that's the point of putting it in the DMZ, all ports are open to that machine that are not entered into the NAT table or updated via UPnP.
Make sure you have the linksys firmware updated as well - I had a linksys kill my performance on Xbox Live because I was about two firmware revisions behind. It's easy to do - just get the version number you have now and compare it with your model number on the Linksys website (under support/firmware) and see if you are up to snuff.
Also, I am not sure, but I don't think the Xbox will respond to a 'ping' request by default. Someone correct me if I am wrong?
PixelFreak
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I put the Xbox 360 IP = 192.168.1.103 in the DMZ on my linksys router. I also updated my firmware on the router to the latest version a few weeks ago. My roommate is using the network so I can't try plugging into the modem directly just yet.
I was browsing the router page and I saw an option titled "frame burst". It said it increases overall network speed, but is disabled by default. Is this something that could help my gaming speeds? |
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Well, you were all right. It WAS my wireless that was causing the performance degradation. I hardwired directly into the router first, and my gaming was really smooth!! Then i tried just the modem as well and that was also smooth.
My roommate suggested it might be our WEP that's slowing it down so I'm about to try MAC address filtering instead...wish me luck... |
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tobyTroy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
Seattle, WA | I use WPA (used to use WEP), no network hit. MAC filtering doesn't help in the security area at all, keep atleast WEP, if not WPA. |
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I see, I'll switch to WPA.
I noticed that now that I turned off WEP it was a bit better. It ran smooth but i still had times when i'd start lagging.
I know for sure it has something to do with wireless now (considering hard-wiring the connection was a lot better). Does anyone know what else I can change/configure with my wireless network? |
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 AthlGrondPremium,MVM
join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
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said by desistyle3:I see, I'll switch to WPA. I noticed that now that I turned off WEP it was a bit better. It ran smooth but i still had times when i'd start lagging. I know for sure it has something to do with wireless now (considering hard-wiring the connection was a lot better). Does anyone know what else I can change/configure with my wireless network? You may want to try the wireless networking forum: »Wireless Networking
(I don't use the stuff myself.)
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| Thanks for the help everyone! I appreciate it.
I also changed my wireless channel to 8 (my networking buddy claimed it wasn't used nearly as much as 1,6, or 11). I also opened a few ports listed for xbox live and my performance is much much better! I'll also look on the wireless forums too but i'm pretty happy with the performance now! |
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