Topic: Windows Media Connect (Read 1097 times)

neineinei · « **Reply #30 on:** December 19, 2005, 09:28:00 AM »

i bought a 20m CAT5 cable to do some testing. Result:
My MicroLink dLAN from Devolo (www.devolo.de) seems to be the problem! As soon as i try to connect through it, the connection between the PC and the XBox gets lost. Can someone confirm this?

markten10 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2005, 10:17:00 AM »

Sounds like I've the same issue. I've a Devolo Dlan Highspeed85 network. My Xbox360 can connect to Xbox Live okay, but cannot connect to my Media Center PC (and vice versa). I've gone through all the suggestions on this thread, incl. firewalls etc but no luck.

If I swap out the XBox360 with a spare XP laptop and use the same network cable, the laptop can see the Media Center PC okay.

I'm going to try and bypass the Dlan network tonight and directly connect them to confirm this is the issue.

Does anyone else have any ideas on how this can be solved.

BTW - I did upgrade the firmware on the Dlan boxes and the problem seems to have occured then - I did have it working before - could be a coincidence though!

neineinei · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2005, 12:36:00 PM »

I did the firmware upgrade way before! I have 1.5.5.53. Btw, I am already in contact with their support. Would be great, if you could test the direct connection and confirm the dLan issue. I could give the support a link to this thread then...
Or you could also contact the support and link them to this thread. :-)

markten10 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2005, 01:20:00 PM »

Just tried it with a direct cable from my router and the Xbox360 finds the PC and vice versa straight away and all is working perfectly...just a big ugly cable running through the house (hence my reason for buying the Dlan solution).

Strange how my laptop works okay with the Dlan cable, but when I swap to the XBox it doesn't (although connecting to Xbox Live works)

I'd already emailed Devolo for help -I'll post any responses to this thread - if you get any response also it would be great if you could let me know...

neineinei · « **Reply #34 on:** December 20, 2005, 12:59:00 AM »

QUOTE(markten10 @ Dec 19 2005, 08:51 PM)

I'd already emailed Devolo for help -I'll post any responses to this thread - if you get any response also it would be great if you could let me know...

Cool, will do this!

markten10 · « **Reply #35 on:** December 20, 2005, 03:56:00 AM »

Response received today from Devolo to my "how to reset the Dlan units" - I've since asked them specifically about Xbox360 issues...I've also emailed the Xbox360 team for help on this. Not sure this will work but here's the response...

you cannot reset those adapters but you can configure them anew and overwrite
the setting you have now.

Plug all dLAN devices into the very same multiplug socket and attach one of the
devices to the computer. Deactivate every single Protectionsoftware (firewalls,
Virusscanner etc.) and networkbridge. Now start the dLAN configuration tool and
configure all dLAN devices. Check the connection rate with the informer tool
afterwards.

If all dLAN devices are shown plug the dLAN devices into designated power plugs
and check the connection again.

Attention: The dLAN USB devices must be connected to a computer in order to be
configured.

neineinei · « **Reply #36 on:** December 20, 2005, 10:59:00 AM »

Yes, they solved the problem. I think this should work for others too, that have connection troubles: The IGMP version used by Windows is the problem. It uses v3 and the dLan only supports v2. So this registry entry solves the problem. Copy paste all BETWEEN **** into a file called "igmp_downgrade.reg" and double click it. I dont take any responsability for broken PCs, so be careful when editing the registry and do a backup before...

**************************************
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"IGMPVersion"=dword:00000003
**************************************

For further reading see here:
http://support.MS.co...15752&x=18&y=12

skierdb526 · « **Reply #37 on:** December 20, 2005, 09:54:00 PM »

Junglist refugee thank you. i now have it working due to your help.

go to run, and type in "services.msc" (without the qoutes"
Find the following services and turn them all on...
HTTP SSL
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
SSDP Discovery Service

Then start the Windows Media Connect Service.

also someone else mentioned NAV worm settings, I dunno if that helped, but if it did, thank you as well

markten10 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2005, 06:04:00 AM »

Thanks for the reply re the Devolo connection - this has now sorted the issue - it's very very slow though and only streams music (Media Center takes 10 seconds to acknowledge any click on the remote) - but I'm thinking that maybe a whole different issue that I need to fix (I'm sure I've seen a thread on this somewhere in this forum!)
Thanks again

ClintiePoo · « **Reply #39 on:** December 23, 2005, 04:40:00 PM »

Ok, my windows media connect doesn't work. I have a 360 and a computer connected via a router. The xbox can access live. When I run the install program, it does not detect and authorize the xbox 360. I have tried turning off the windows firewall.

The router has ports

10243 TCP
1900 UDP
2869 TCP
10280-10284 UDP

forwarded as per the xbox 360 help site. These ports are allowed to ip address 192.168.1.101, my PC. I don't know why this isn't working. It's frustrating me. I can start windows media connect from the start menu, but it does not see the xbox. How do I fix this?

Oh, SMB sharing was so easy ...

This post has been edited by ClintiePoo: Dec 24 2005, 12:42 AM

ClintiePoo · « **Reply #40 on:** December 23, 2005, 06:33:00 PM »

I called customer support, and still there is no help. I talked to the guy for almost an hour.

foreverporkchop · « **Reply #41 on:** December 24, 2005, 01:19:00 PM »

I was having lots of similar issues you were describing. This is what fixed it permanently for me. I have a linksys befrs41 router. By default in the router MTU was disabled.

To enable it:
log into your router with whatever password it is default is admin, admin.

click the advanced settings tab
then the filters tab (if it isn't there already)
Scroll down to where it says MTU and enable it
apply

this seemed to work for me so it may work for others out there as well.

Strangelove1 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 24, 2005, 01:37:00 PM »

I'm sure you've already tried this, but you have to have the 360 on the dashboard for WMC to see it. If you have a game in the 360, it won't be able to find it.

ClintiePoo · « **Reply #43 on:** December 25, 2005, 04:01:00 PM »

Nothing here has helped so far. I'm stuck. The windows media connect program stops at "Authorizing the Xbox 360" and gives me an error. Any more suggestions. I think it's a router problem. I have a Linksys WRT54GC.

Mjkthirdeye · « **Reply #44 on:** December 27, 2005, 12:16:00 AM »

In the WMC settings is Automatically allow new devices checked?

Also make sure that the protocol UPnP is enabled in both Router(if available) and Windows Firewalls

This post has been edited by Mjkthirdeye: Dec 27 2005, 08:24 AM

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