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Kawika
08-24-2004, 10:24 AM
Hi Folks...

I've been trying to figure this out over the past couple of days...with little to no luck. I currently have a home network set up using a D-Link DI-624 Rev. C as my wireless router. I have 3 wired computers on the network, 2 wireless lap tops, a PS2 & an XBox. All devices are sharing a cable connection. All PCs (including the lap tops) work perfectly fine on the network...sharing both files & our internet connection. As far as the PS2 & Xbox are concerned, however, performance is sporadic at best. Recently...I have had multiple problems with both consoles when attempting to play online. I am currently using 2 Linksys WGA54G Wireless Gaming Adapters to connect the consoles to my wireless network. I originally had the Microsoft MN-740 for the Xbox...but it consistently returned a LOW signal when connecting to my network...so I returned it in hopes that the WGA54G would perform better. In any case...now I cannot connect to Xbox Live at all.

I am currently looking for a method to designate permanent IP addresses for both the PS2 & the Xbox on my home network...and then open all ports to both consoles. Has anyone successfully done this? Or does anyone have a set up like mine that has worked successfully? And if so...what pointers can you give me? It has been very frustrating over the past week or so dealing with these connection issues. As of now...the only resolution that I have found was to connect the console directly to my cable modem...and that is getting to be a real pain as my router is located in my computer room downstairs & my consoles are located upstairs in our gameroom. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

Kawika

Ewan
08-27-2004, 07:24 PM
You can specify that the MAC addresses for the XBox and PS2 should be assigned a static IP address. You can do that from the DHCP option of the Home tab on the routers setup utility.

As for opening all ports.. well you are allowed to set up one DMZ (advanced tab, DMZ) which will open all ports for the specified IP address. For the other console just go into virtual server and open all the ports you know your games use. Also you can enable gaming mode from the misc menu on the tools tab, that might work.