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OG Xbox Forums => Xbox Online Gaming (Xbox Live, Xlink, and others) => Xbox Live - Online Gaming Service => Topic started by: Toddo on May 05, 2008, 07:46:00 PM
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For the information of any one else who has had the same problem as me, I have found a solution after many Google searches.
No amount of fiddling with the router settings worked. Either on my router or my sons router. Static IP's, port forwarding, DMZ's, nothing worked. No amount of fiddling with the Xbox settings worked. That said, one suggestion from one forum did work. Unplugging and plugging back in the DSL modem.
I have the DSL modem (Westell 2200). I unplugged the power from my modem and router and left it unplugged for like 5 minutes. I then plugged my modem back in first. After the indicator lights came up on my DSL modem, I then plugged my router (Linkysys WRT54G) Back in. Someone said that this would make Verizon assign a new Internet IP, (the 70.105.xx.xxx IP number, not the local IP 192.168.x.xxx number). I had my former Internet IP written down and when I booted the modem and router back up I checked it and I did have a new/different Internet IP assigned. This is all it took to fix the problem. I guess the Live servers are having some kind of problem with their own routing of IP's. Apparently this is all a big external IP issue.
I don't know if you would get a new IP assigned with unplugging a cable modem or not. Write down your external Internet IP, unplug your cable modem and plug it back in and see if it works for you. ~
This problem is solved for me, for now, thank God! Man was I pissed about this. If it happens again I'll just unplug and plug back in the modem again. Hope this helps someone out there.