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    Linksys WRT610N & 360 Online Gaming

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. TheAtreidesHawk

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    Okay so I'm having an issue with my online game.

    Anyways I have an xbox 360 connected thru an ETHERNET cable to the back of the WRT610N. So I can access Live and play multiplayer games online with my friends. So I'm playing Gears of War 2 a lot these days. And of course a major part of that game is online multiplayer.

    Yet almost every match or every other match I get "Connection Lost. Your connection to the host timed out."

    How do I STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

    I paid good money for this product and yet it continually crashes on me and prevents me from enjoying my games. Can someone tell me what settings I need to change in order to get this to work? There's an "Applications & Gaming" Section on the routers home page. And within that there are more subsections including...

    1) Single Port Forwarding
    2) Port Range Forwarding
    3) Port Range Triggering
    4) DMZ
    5) QoS

    Is there anything within those that I can change to get my signal to be STRONG and not drop every other match?

    I looked to see if there was a more recent firmware but of course there isn't. The last one according to this website was back in AUGUST.

    I'm just so frustrated right now. Next time I'm in the market for a router I'm going with Belkin or Netgear. Cuz Linksys support is non existent.
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 17, 2008
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    Can anyone help me?
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 18, 2008
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    Bump any help would be appreciated it.
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 18, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    A little patience is in order - this ain't a paid help line, after all. :D
     
    Shyster1, Dec 18, 2008
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  5. TheAtreidesHawk

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    Yeah but I didn't want it to be buried underneath everything else in this section....
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 18, 2008
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    Bump....does anyone know anything about this?
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 19, 2008
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    try getting the router changed. if not try resetting your ip address, release and renew it.
     
    lokster, Dec 24, 2008
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    Put the IP of the xbox in the DMZ.
     
    paperkut, Dec 24, 2008
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    Don't I need to pay for some sorta program to use DMZ?
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Dec 25, 2008
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