upnp is a huge security whole I'm told. What port forwarding would be needed for a game system anyway?
Is there something I should be trying on the routers? marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues > If uPNP is on, it should work as it's supposed to and the XBox requests > the > port forwarding from the router without manual intervention. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:23 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues > >> upnp? We ALWAYS turn that off. What do you do with it? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >> >> >>> Usually uPNP takes care of it, but they need a specific port forwarded >>> to >>> the box to work. If they have more than one console inside... I dunno >>> what >>> to do about that. >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:51 PM >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >>> >>>> What setting would that be? I've never changed the NAT settings in a >>>> router >>>> that I set up for a customer. >>>> marlon >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:32 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >>>> >>>> >>>>> Indeed. Make sure the NAT settings are correct so they have the best >>>>> pick >>>>> of people to connect with. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>> From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:36 AM >>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >>>>> >>>>>>> Call of Duty has to be another big one - those WW2 games have >>>>>>> dominated >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> market for a while. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Odd I can't find a ranking for Xbox live games. I am confident Halo >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> Call of Duty have the majority of games. I can't verify that Call >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> Duty >>>>>>> does games p2p versus client-server, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> One player in the match will be selected as the server based on the >>>>>> quality of there connection with COD4 and COD5. Its too bad they did >>>>>> not allow dedicated linux game servers for these games. >>>>>> >>>>>> I always tell custommers that if all the players in the given match >>>>>> have a crappy connection its the server. If its just them then it >>>>>> 'might' be a problem with there connection. I have seen a number of >>>>>> users with NAT issues on there router though. Also, many times they >>>>>> connect to there router wireless with the xbox or ps3 and that >>>>>> connection goes crappy. >>>>>> >>>>>> Matt >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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