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Hello everybody, My friend was able to join my party a while back. then we had network problems, so i told him to REBOOT everything, and he RESET everything, and we haven been able to join ever since. (happened about 2 months ago). so i need the communtiy to help me out to tell me to tell my friend what to do.(we arent tech savvy, so i, neither does he, know what to do). so i need to know what to tell him, so we can get this fixed. we have already called his modem company, and they didnt help at all. so any help would be nice

  • 06.02.2007 11:08 AM PDT

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What do you mean by "reboot"? And what happens when he tries to join you? Do you mean that he can't connect to Live? More details, please.

  • 06.02.2007 11:20 AM PDT
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i told him to restart, like power down and power up, and he reset, meaning wiping all of his modems memory away, when he tries to join me, his screen says, we are having network problems, when i try to join him, it says the same thing.

  • 06.02.2007 11:24 AM PDT

Play in your world get PWN'd in mine!

what modems are you guys using and what routers if you are using any? Need more details.

  • 06.02.2007 11:36 AM PDT
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This has happend to me before. And i know exactly what to do. O.K. lets say your freind that can't join is called superman11. There's 2 ways u can do this, you can either wait for about a week [i wouldn't want to do this option though] or you can get another freind to host a party while you join and invite superman111. And let your other friend quit and there you go.

  • 06.02.2007 11:40 AM PDT
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I'm assuming there is a simpler way than that. I don't know it, so i should shut up.

Wait.. simple solution...call xbox live/tech support .... problem half way solved

  • 06.02.2007 11:53 AM PDT
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he is using a zoom modem with a linskys wireless router, i am using an actiontec Gt704WG wireless gateway, and i know are stuff is compatable, we were able to connect before.

EDIT: we called the support line and they told us to call his modem company, and his modem's provider customer service blows

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  • 06.02.2007 11:54 AM PDT

Play in your world get PWN'd in mine!

ya but sometimes like for instance I had to reset my router cause it decided one day to stop allowing me and my roommate to join and we were in the same room. I can't remember what happened with it but we reset it and got the most recent firmware for it and it was fine!

  • 06.02.2007 11:57 AM PDT
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i have my updated firmwar for mine and he has it for his, but i dont know if his NAT is strict and how we would set it to open, and also what ports to open on his firewall


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  • 06.02.2007 12:22 PM PDT

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i have my updated firmwar for mine and he has it for his, but i dont know if his NAT is strict and how we would set it to open, and also what ports to open on his firewall

Try resetting windows to an earlier, better time. It's like using a go-back button. In only know about XP but go to START, PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, SYSTEM TOOLS, and then SYSTEM RESTORE. You can choose a time when your system was working, like, 4 months ago. At least you can try this.

However, if your system restore is not turned on (in your windows setup) then this will be no help.

  • 06.02.2007 12:33 PM PDT
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we called xbl customer support, and my friend nat is at 3, we need it to get to a 1, and i need to know if he has to open any ports

  • 06.02.2007 12:36 PM PDT
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any help? i need it

  • 06.03.2007 1:24 PM PDT
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OK, here's how you would do this. This is what my friend and I did when we had exactly the same problem.
I don't know if you're using an original xbox or a 360, but it should technically work the same way. First, both of you need to manually configure your xboxs IP addresses to a set one, probably 192.168.1.XX and set it to one like 20 or something, so that you will never have that many hooked to your router at once, so no overlapping later. Set your subnet to 255.255.255.0, and then your default gateway should be 192.168.1.1, and if that doesn't work, put a 0 at the end instead of a 1.

Then, go into your router, find the setting that contains something about DMZ. Enable the DMZ and set that as the same IP as what you configured your xbox to. This forwards all ports to your xbox, but still acts as a firewall to all other systems on your network. And since there's really not much fear of it being hacked, since there's no point, it will be safe.

DMZ forwards all ports to your xbox, enabling you to get a connection to your friend easier. If it doesn't work, then I've got no more suggestions.

Disclaimer: If you have a modded box for any reason, then don't do this, because if you're running some other program on your xbox and you open all ports, it could get bad. I'm not sure what it might do, since I don't deal with modded boxes, but I work with computers, and so that should help. Good luck.

  • 06.03.2007 1:36 PM PDT
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ok ill try that even tho u lost me at both of you need to manually configure your xboxs IP addresses to a set one, probably 192.168.1.XX and set it to one like 20 or something, so that you will never have that many hooked to your router at once, so no overlapping later

  • 06.03.2007 4:06 PM PDT
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maybe one of your routers crashed? I've heard that wireless routers crash pretty easy.

  • 06.03.2007 4:09 PM PDT
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if it crashed then how can we still play on live?, we just cant make our own party with jus the two of us and go into double team, hes like my right hand man, and we cant connect anymore

  • 06.03.2007 6:18 PM PDT
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I fyou rebooted the memory your many friends have been sayed on but it doesn't know the coding from the configuration files it must share, remove him and send him another friend request. It probably will work.

  • 06.03.2007 6:21 PM PDT
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did that and it didnt work, and btw we do have compatable stuff, we were able to connect before, just now we cant

[Edited on 06.03.2007 6:23 PM PDT]

  • 06.03.2007 6:23 PM PDT
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Dude, you must not have listened to me. You go into your network settings, whether on 360 or xbox, and it will either say "Assigned by DHCP" or "Manually Configured". Make sure it says manual, then change the IP to 192.168.1.120, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway to 192.168.1.1

You should be good to go after that. Just set your DMZ and you should be ready to play together. PM me if you need more help UnpricedKilla. I do this stuff for a living, so I'm sure I can help you out. Feel free to ask me questions privately if you need explanation.

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  • 06.03.2007 9:01 PM PDT
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ok ill try that, if i have any other Q's ill pm you

  • 06.04.2007 8:33 AM PDT