Re: playing xbox over DSL question(s)

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Howdy
My DW suddenly wants to be able to play Halo online via our xbox (when it was PC games I was interested in she said that it was too expensive, but now that she's a Halo-addict we can afford it - how odd!).
Anyway, we live in rural NC, so the best online connection we can get is DSL via Sprint.

Questions:

We have an old (from the late 90's) 3Com Ethernet Hub - is that the same thing as the "Router" that Xbox lists on their web site?

Do I need a special version of the Xbox or will the used one I picked up last Spring work?

Heck - any advice the worth and technical problems one faces playing Halo (probably will get Halo2 and the maps expansion set) online?

Thanks!



The hub is not the same as the router. You can skip the router if you are able to run an ethernet cord

from your XBox to your DSL modem, then when you want

to play online, just unplug your PC from the modem and plug your XBox in and reset the modem by turning it off for a few seconds and then back on. I have a router, but I still have to run my XBox directly from the modem, or it lags horribly. My roommate however is able to play online

from the router without lag. I have no idea why, they


both have the same settings in the router, the only difference is that mine is a good bit further away

from the router. Any XBox will work fine, but you

will have to get Halo 2 to play on Live. Halo does not support Live.

regarding your problem Robin, it sounds like either an attenuation or interference/crosstalk problem. How old and how long is your ethernet segment, and to what does it run along.


It is a 50 ft. cable that runs along my baseboards. It's about 6-7 months old. I can't remember if it is Cat5 or Cat6. The only thing that runs under the baseboards with it is some speaker wire. I have both XBoxes set up for DMZ hosting through the router.

hmmm.. that's about the length of my run; shouldn't be a problem until about 330 feet (aggregate). Is it underneath any carpet, perhaps next to some carpet nails that may have punctured it? I'd try another cable just to be sure, and perhaps another port on the router to rule that out as well. Tho, it is possible there is some crosstalk between the patch cable and the speaker wire. Further, I suspect heavier gauge would be worse. DMZ also huh? Truthfully I've never used a DMZ implementation (on a consumer router) that worked correctly. Your boxes won't work the standard way for Live? Or is that for your system link?


I was pretty careful laying it, but I could have punctured it. Wouldn't that cause a problem when I run straight from the modem as well? It's the same cable. I didn't set it up for DMZ until I started experiencing the problem. I should mention that it did play fine through the router for a few months. I didn't change anything, and then one day it would start lagging after a game or two. Now I notice the lag as soon as I try to logon. It's a major lag. It will take 3-4 seconds for a weapon to appear after I pick it up. My roommate's box has always run fine through the router with the exact same settings. Oh, and I have tried switching the ports as well. I've just chalked up to a mystery of networking and resigned myself to going to the closet to switch every time I want to play.

well, it's safe to say you've ruled out a couple of things. Tell you what I'd do. Take your friend's xbox (without problems right?) and connect it to your side. If the problem goes away, it's your Xbox's ethernet port. I have family that had to actually replace the NIC on their board because it ceased working. BTW, what model router do you have?


Linksys BEFW11S4. I've tried updating the firmware too.


Try flipping the xboxes around and see what happens, I really think it might be the box network interface.
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