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Xbox 360 Private Chat & Game Connection Problem

reddogreddog The MountainBrooklyn, NYRegistered User regular
edited April 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So I wasn't able to find anything searching the forums and I've done a Google search and noticed that other people had the same problems but there really isn't a clear answer on how to fix. I was hoping you guys could help out :)

Recently I moved to a new apartment with my gf and I had to buy a new wireless router for the apt. I connect my 360 through my laptop sharing the connection since the router is no where near my 360. I've done this at my old apartment too with no problems whatsoever.

This past weekend, I tried playing a private game with my buddy on Live and for some reason we couldn't connect. We tried to private chat...no luck. Both him and I tried making the game but we couldn't connect at all...it would say game is full or no longer exists. We then tried doing the Army of Two demo together....same thing happened. In my old apt, we had no troubles playing private games, or private chat and the funny thing is though, I can play multiplayer games on Live, I can talk while playing as well and have no problems at my new apt.

Anyone else have this problem? Is it my router? I have a Linksys WRT bla bla (i'm at work so I can't remember). Anyone know what I can do or should I just suck it up and get a long ethernet cable and go hook up diretly to the router?

SHORT VERSION: I can play on Xbox Live games and talk in-game, but cannot private chat nor host/join private games.

Thanks guys

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  • PussumPussum Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    First run a connection test on your 360 and check to see if your NAT is open. If not, go through the steps on the xbox website to get it open. If not call your routers help desk and they can get you set up. I had the same problem where I couldn't connect to half the games on xbox live and my connection would randomly drop out. I changed my NAT and haven't had a problem since. I had a strict NAT, that was the problem.

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  • reddogreddog The Mountain Brooklyn, NYRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Pussum wrote: »
    First run a connection test on your 360 and check to see if your NAT is open. If not, go through the steps on the xbox website to get it open. If not call your routers help desk and they can get you set up. I had the same problem where I couldn't connect to half the games on xbox live and my connection would randomly drop out. I changed my NAT and haven't had a problem since. I had a strict NAT, that was the problem.

    Before I posted, the only re-occuring theme about the problem is about the NAT being open. With my 360 connected to my laptop to share the connect, my NAT is only MODERATE. I heard that I won't be able to get it to totally open since i'm sharing the connection with my laptop...:|

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  • GdiguyGdiguy San Diego, CARegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    reddog wrote: »
    Pussum wrote: »
    First run a connection test on your 360 and check to see if your NAT is open. If not, go through the steps on the xbox website to get it open. If not call your routers help desk and they can get you set up. I had the same problem where I couldn't connect to half the games on xbox live and my connection would randomly drop out. I changed my NAT and haven't had a problem since. I had a strict NAT, that was the problem.

    Before I posted, the only re-occuring theme about the problem is about the NAT being open. With my 360 connected to my laptop to share the connect, my NAT is only MODERATE. I heard that I won't be able to get it to totally open since i'm sharing the connection with my laptop...:|

    me and a friend were having this problem (he has his 360 connected through his pc), and after fiddling with the network settings on the connection through the PC itself (not the router) he was able to get it to work... i don't really know what he changed, but it should be possible

    I believe it said moderate too, and it's still moderate, but I guess it's a slightly more open moderate now? o_O

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  • reddogreddog The Mountain Brooklyn, NYRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Question: Would this all be solved if I connected my 360 straight into my router? I was going to order cable at Monoprice cause its so cheap to see if that would work but I dont want to go through the hassle if it doesn't work. :/

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  • musanmanmusanman Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I have a different issue maybe somebody could help me with:

    I can use my xbox live to connect and play cod4 just fine. But sometimes when I'm playing my laptop internet connection dies. And then eventually my router kicks the bucket and I have to go upstairs and reset it. I don't understand why my laptop drops signal but I can be on xbox live just fine.

    Just for the record, I connect to xbox live through my Airport Express ethernet jack (which is using WDS to get a signal from upstairs), and my laptop connects to my router upstairs wirelessly.

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