badboyz666

hi all,i bought my 7yr old son a xbox360 (4gb model) and it keeps losing wifi connection. at first it was doing it about once every 2 days but now ive just connected my daughters old white 360 by using the ethernet cable and now he keeps running downstairs crying because every 5 mins hes being disconneted from xbox live anybody have any ideas? does this happen to anybody else? is my new xbox just a pile of sh1te and need to ram it up the tescos managers ar$e!! or could it be my router ..which is a standard job from sky which is running my pc.. daughters laptop(wireless)..sons xbox360 wirless and the white 360 wired??? think its too much?? any help wopuld be appreciated as im useless with tech stuff thanks in advance p.s i get 12 meg from sky on my line (out of the 20meg they said i would get)

slipstream_uk

iTrader: (1)

Ive found the following site useful,

http://www.unofficialguidetolive.co.uk/

Also some routers dont like two xboxs on the same router.

badboyz666

hi thanks for that great site looks more likely to be the cheap **** router sky sends out as my daughter has stopped playing on hers and my son has had no problems now!!

slipstream_uk

iTrader: (1)

What router does sky supply ?

badboyz666

its a SAGEM but cant see a model no. on it got sky brand on front

L.J.F

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That is a old router and most likely the problem mate. Go down to pc world and grab a new one that is compatible.

badboyz666

thanks for that!! ive only had it 3 months from sky anyway as you said its likely the problem but looking on the website provided for me it does say that NO ADSL router can run 2 xboxs but they tried private testing and found a few that do, one of them being the bt black hub which i have upstairs in cupboard from when i left bt would i be able to just use that on sky broadband ?? sorry if thats a stupid question but im no tech nerd

Barty77

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i have had 2 running not at the same time mind.

I have netgear DGN 2200 and run PS3 and Xbox at the same time all day long.

How old is your house? mine is only 6yrs old and there is loads of wire meshing in the walls that caused me drop outs as the signal was weak in one area of the house.

Try Develo wall plugs.. put one near the router and the other near the Xbox, it uses the house wiring system and sends the signal that way, no need for wireless

http://www.amazon.co.uk/156671-Devol...3970033&sr=1-4

zs_phil

iTrader: (1)

I run 2 xboxs on my 3 year old netgear router along with the laptop and iphone never had any problems except for the ps3 cant get that to even connect to the bloody thing

Barty77

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p.s i get 12 meg from sky on my line (out of the 20meg they said i would get)

the speed is in relation to distance from the exchange, therefore if you live right on top of the exchange you will get 20meg.

Here in IOM (i work for local telecoms provider) we always state that it is distance related and you can get upto 'whatever speed' its not guaranteed.
i was getting 6meg and should have been getting close to 16 ( our highest) made some changes to the internal wiring of the phone sockets and it jumped upto 14meg.

As Sky are your provider i would ask them to check for noise on the line... this can be many things! they should be able to tell you how far away you are from the exchange too ... more than 3K away and id say your about right for the speed

jayallen

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We run 3 xbox's on mine with the mrs surfing facebook too, all at the same time.

badboyz666

my house is donkey years old,only thing in my walls is cavity wall insulation i had them sort of plugs which i had from bt when i had bt vision(yeah total **** tv)but the plugs wored mint but 1 of them broke just BEFORE christmas when we only had the 1 xbox anyway so dont know if i could still run 2 at the same time with them,so it looks like just buy a decent router or if anyone knows if i could use the black hub from bt on sky then i dont have to part with cashas they work and i have 1 (in fact i have 2)

badboyz666

oh just one more thing if anyone knows(as there are some good tech heads on here) can you use a laptop as a sort of gateway for the old xbox to become wireless...because at the moment i have a ethernet cable which is longer than the m1 running from her bedroom downstairs to router(only did this last night until i bought a wireless adapter)now as her laptop is wireless could i sort of configure it so i can plug a small ethernet cable into laptop and other end into her xbox and use the wifi from laptop?? that woul save the ulgy wire going round the house and save me about 40 sheets buying a wireless adapter

mart360

Nope, not with a standard wireless lappy, you could however use an old

router, and convert it to a repeater.

Failing that, either buy an Ethernet bridge, or a proper wireless dongle

Although you still need it to talk to the router

Mart

slipstream_uk

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You can use a wireless laptop & xbox360 as a wireless connection for the xbox 360.
All you need to do is a bridge connection.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...+wireless&aq=f

The old homehub it works with Bt, no other broadband provider.
Your best bet is to buy a Netgear router or similiar.

Jamescsti

You coul buy a Wifi adapter for the old xbox, will probably cost £30-£50 though

Loads on ebay to start you off

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_t...All-Categories

badboyz666

thanks for all you help everyone just gonna buy a decent router and a wireless adapter be easier in the long run

L.J.F

iTrader: (31)

Only got it off them 3 months ago! They should have sent you out a Netgear router as thats the one they now use.

badboyz666

really!!!!!! think im gonna have words with them as my bill was 140 quid last month they get enough out of me,so i want a new router(throws toys out of pram!!!!)lol