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2 Xbox's - 1 router

  • 09-06-2010 4:32pm
    #1
    Live4Ever
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭


    In my house we have two xboxs. Both with seperate live accounts. Now sometimes both work without a hitch, and then sometimes only one will work. It's the age old NAT Type problem! One will find a game while the other one stays in strict, or both will be strict.

    Obviously I opened the ports, but I can only open the ports for one IP address, which is only one xbox.

    Has anyone ever had this problem, and fixed it? From what I can gather I need to either:

    1) Get a new router for the second xbox or,
    2) Get a second IP address, aparently you can buy IP addresses, but I dont know how true that is!

    Any suggestions welcome!


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  • #2
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    Live4Ever wrote: »
    Obviously I opened the ports, but I can only open the ports for one IP address, which is only one xbox.

    Why can you only open ports for one address??

    You set an ip address on each xbox for example x.x.x.5 and x.x.x.6
    In the network settings on each xbox assign them with an ip.

    Then you go in and open the required ports for the ip address x.x.x.5 and then open the same ports for the address x.x.x.6

    Havent done it myself but dont see how it wouldnt work. I have one xbox connected but I can go into my router and open ports for other devices on other ip address so I could add a second xbox and open the ports for it.


  • #3
    TheMooseInNam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,162 ✭✭✭TheMooseInNam


    Axwell wrote: »
    Why can you only open ports for one address??

    You set an ip address on each xbox for example x.x.x.5 and x.x.x.6
    In the network settings on each xbox assign them with an ip.

    Then you go in and open the required ports for the ip address x.x.x.5 and then open the same ports for the address x.x.x.6

    Havent done it myself but dont see how it wouldnt work. I have one xbox connected but I can go into my router and open ports for other devices on other ip address so I could add a second xbox and open the ports for it.

    I've three xboxes set up in the house, plus two laptops and an iphone. I've given them all their own ip addresses, opened the ports for each xbox individually and they all have open NAT.

    Once you've done that, make sure to power off your modem regularly for at least 30 seconds. Often it's the router/modem getting IP flooded causing NAT problems.


  • #4
    mise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭mise


    Are you with UPC? We were having problems with a crap Cisco Wireless Modem/Router. So we asked them to swap it for a Scientific Atlantic one and we haven't had any problems since, 2 xboxes with open Nats


  • #5
    maninaskirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭maninaskirt


    This website will help you no end, I have a Dlink 2740B with 3 xbox's and open NAT, this is a dsl router, dunno what you have. http://www.unofficialguidetolive.co.uk/.


  • #6
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    2 360s, 2 ps3s, 2 ds's, 2 wiis, 4 laptops, 1 mac, 4 desktop pcs and 2 satellite recievers always connected to the internet in my gaff in ireland and ive never seen this kinda problem. is it an ISP thing?


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  • #7
    yuloni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


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  • #8
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    To be honest I would imagine as I posted above the issue is with the OP and the fact he isnt aware of how to open ports on two IP addresses. He said he can only open ports on one IP, this however isnt true and he doesnt seem to be aware of it. By opening the ports on the second IP it will solve all the issues with strict NAT on one machine while the other is open.


  • #9
    Live4Ever
    Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭Live4Ever


    Hey, thanks for all the suggestions.

    It's a NETGEAR router, about 2 years old. My internet provider is NTL/UPC.

    Believe me I know how to open ports, as I said I opened the ports for the first xbox and it has open NAT type 24/7. The second xbox is moderate, and finds a game every 25 minutes which is obviously a pain. I tried countless times to open the ports for the second one, and everytime it kicked back an error message.

    Relatedly the internet speed has been SO shi*e lately, I mean so bad a youtube video wouldn't buffer! So i rang NTL/UPC and they agreed to send out a technician to sort this out. I'm at the stage where I'm about to fcuk the modem and router out the window. I'm gonna try and get a new modem as was suggested above, the one I have is about 5 years old so, I imagine, it's well outdated.


  • #10
    Haggis The Dog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Haggis The Dog


    Think it is a IP address conflict, i had it recently when i had laptop, xbox, Wii, Ipod all on at same time, found some of them were set up on same IP address, set them up on seperate (as suggested above xxx.xxx.x.5 / xxx.xxx.x.6 etc) and no more conflicts and all work together in unison.


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