XBox Live Connection Problems

I have been experiencing these problems for a long period
of time. Sometimes when I play Rainbow Six 3 I can't hear
some of the players or some of the players can't hear me
when in a server of more than 8 players. On Project
Gotham Racing 2, I cannot join a server with more than 3
players otherwise I get disconnected. I cannot host a
server with more than 3 players because anyone else that
joins in gets disconnected. Yesterday I bypassed my MN-
700 and connected the XBox directly to my DSL modem and
WA-LA! My problems were resolved. Well, not exactly, I
don't want to be donig that everytime I play XBox. I need
my computer and the XBox to be on that router. My router
doesn't recognize the XBox as a device connected to the
network. Does anybody have any idea what is happening
here? I went through all the settings but nothing I did
helped. I would like to play my XBox live games error
free. Thanks!

Make sure your IP on the Xbox is within the valid range of the MN-700
(192.168.2.2-and up) and that you're using the proper Gateway (which is the
router, not your ISP's gateway).
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Oscar" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have been experiencing these problems for a long period
> of time. Sometimes when I play Rainbow Six 3 I can't hear
> some of the players or some of the players can't hear me
> when in a server of more than 8 players. On Project
> Gotham Racing 2, I cannot join a server with more than 3
> players otherwise I get disconnected. I cannot host a
> server with more than 3 players because anyone else that
> joins in gets disconnected. Yesterday I bypassed my MN-
> 700 and connected the XBox directly to my DSL modem and
> WA-LA! My problems were resolved. Well, not exactly, I
> don't want to be donig that everytime I play XBox. I need
> my computer and the XBox to be on that router. My router
> doesn't recognize the XBox as a device connected to the
> network. Does anybody have any idea what is happening
> here? I went through all the settings but nothing I did
> helped. I would like to play my XBox live games error
> free. Thanks!
>

Thanks for the reply Chris. I will definately try that
tonight assuming that those configurations are to be done
on the XBox, right? Someone else suggested that maybe the
bandwith on the router was restricted. Is that possible?
And if so, how can I assure that the bandwith is wide
enough for XBox Live? Thanks again!

>-----Original Message-----
>Make sure your IP on the Xbox is within the valid range
of the MN-700
>(192.168.2.2-and up) and that you're using the proper
Gateway (which is the
>router, not your ISP's gateway).
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"Oscar" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:16c901c3fbc4$95de6e10$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have been experiencing these problems for a long
period
>> of time. Sometimes when I play Rainbow Six 3 I can't
hear
>> some of the players or some of the players can't hear
me
>> when in a server of more than 8 players. On Project
>> Gotham Racing 2, I cannot join a server with more than
3
>> players otherwise I get disconnected. I cannot host a
>> server with more than 3 players because anyone else
that
>> joins in gets disconnected. Yesterday I bypassed my MN-
>> 700 and connected the XBox directly to my DSL modem and
>> WA-LA! My problems were resolved. Well, not exactly, I
>> don't want to be donig that everytime I play XBox. I
need
>> my computer and the XBox to be on that router. My
router
>> doesn't recognize the XBox as a device connected to the
>> network. Does anybody have any idea what is happening
>> here? I went through all the settings but nothing I did
>> helped. I would like to play my XBox live games error
>> free. Thanks!
>>
>
>
>.
>

Bandwidth is whatever you've subscribed to through your ISP, such as 768/128
on DSL. That said, if you are sharing with two family members who are
separately running streaming video at the same time you're playing Live!,
you're not going to come close to 128 up. And 128 up is plenty for Xbox.

All your networking settings must be done on the Xbox interface itself, so
if you haven't looked into that area it could be the problem. Make sure to
follow the instructions precisely from here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/connect/choose.htm
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:196f01c3fbe7$28a895a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the reply Chris. I will definately try that
> tonight assuming that those configurations are to be done
> on the XBox, right? Someone else suggested that maybe the
> bandwith on the router was restricted. Is that possible?
> And if so, how can I assure that the bandwith is wide
> enough for XBox Live? Thanks again!
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Make sure your IP on the Xbox is within the valid range
> of the MN-700
>>(192.168.2.2-and up) and that you're using the proper
> Gateway (which is the
>>router, not your ISP's gateway).
>>--
>>Chris H.
>>Microsoft Windows MVP
>>Associate Expert
>>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>"Oscar" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:16c901c3fbc4$95de6e10$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I have been experiencing these problems for a long
> period
>>> of time. Sometimes when I play Rainbow Six 3 I can't
> hear
>>> some of the players or some of the players can't hear
> me
>>> when in a server of more than 8 players. On Project
>>> Gotham Racing 2, I cannot join a server with more than
> 3
>>> players otherwise I get disconnected. I cannot host a
>>> server with more than 3 players because anyone else
> that
>>> joins in gets disconnected. Yesterday I bypassed my MN-
>>> 700 and connected the XBox directly to my DSL modem and
>>> WA-LA! My problems were resolved. Well, not exactly, I
>>> don't want to be donig that everytime I play XBox. I
> need
>>> my computer and the XBox to be on that router. My
> router
>>> doesn't recognize the XBox as a device connected to the
>>> network. Does anybody have any idea what is happening
>>> here? I went through all the settings but nothing I did
>>> helped. I would like to play my XBox live games error
>>> free. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

To original poster:

If your using a wireless base station from microsoft, and thats what it
seems like from the MN-700, then make sure that it's set on Infrastrusture
mode, and not to your wireless channel, that happened to us and we couldn't
play at all. Secondly, make sure that it shows up on the base station
management tool, that the XBOX is connected. It will show as an IP and a
blank name with a mac address beside it. Hope that helps.

John

"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bandwidth is whatever you've subscribed to through your ISP, such as
768/128
> on DSL. That said, if you are sharing with two family members who are
> separately running streaming video at the same time you're playing Live!,
> you're not going to come close to 128 up. And 128 up is plenty for Xbox.
>
> All your networking settings must be done on the Xbox interface itself, so
> if you haven't looked into that area it could be the problem. Make sure
to
> follow the instructions precisely from here:
> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/connect/choose.htm
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:196f01c3fbe7$28a895a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > Thanks for the reply Chris. I will definately try that
> > tonight assuming that those configurations are to be done
> > on the XBox, right? Someone else suggested that maybe the
> > bandwith on the router was restricted. Is that possible?
> > And if so, how can I assure that the bandwith is wide
> > enough for XBox Live? Thanks again!
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Make sure your IP on the Xbox is within the valid range
> > of the MN-700
> >>(192.168.2.2-and up) and that you're using the proper
> > Gateway (which is the
> >>router, not your ISP's gateway).
> >>--
> >>Chris H.
> >>Microsoft Windows MVP
> >>Associate Expert
> >>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >>
> >>"Oscar" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> >>news:16c901c3fbc4$95de6e10$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>I have been experiencing these problems for a long
> > period
> >>> of time. Sometimes when I play Rainbow Six 3 I can't
> > hear
> >>> some of the players or some of the players can't hear
> > me
> >>> when in a server of more than 8 players. On Project
> >>> Gotham Racing 2, I cannot join a server with more than
> > 3
> >>> players otherwise I get disconnected. I cannot host a
> >>> server with more than 3 players because anyone else
> > that
> >>> joins in gets disconnected. Yesterday I bypassed my MN-
> >>> 700 and connected the XBox directly to my DSL modem and
> >>> WA-LA! My problems were resolved. Well, not exactly, I
> >>> don't want to be donig that everytime I play XBox. I
> > need
> >>> my computer and the XBox to be on that router. My
> > router
> >>> doesn't recognize the XBox as a device connected to the
> >>> network. Does anybody have any idea what is happening
> >>> here? I went through all the settings but nothing I did
> >>> helped. I would like to play my XBox live games error
> >>> free. Thanks!
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
>
>