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mrwilley@gmail.com

2005-04-02, 5:45 pm

i have a broad band connection with a usb modem running through my
laptop. for some reason i cant use xbox live but i can use xb connect.
this is fine but when i onnect to xb connect a message appears saying
that the network has limited connectivity anfd when i play it
occasionally jumps and is a bit slow although my ping rate is fine!
does anyone know how i might solve this problem? i have tried
disabling my firewall but that hasnt helped! please help me i need to
play halo 2!!!

JBDragon

2005-04-07, 5:54 pm

XBConnect is NOT like Xbox LIVE! XBConnect Plays over what it expects to
be a System Link connection. Or basically a 10/100Mbps Ethernet connection
Both ways. Now how fast is your DSL/Cable Connection? Something like
1.5 to maybe 4.0 Mbps Download and 128 to 386kps Upload speed! Even if you
have a T1 connection, it's only 1.5Mbps both ways. This is why your having
the problems your having. Depending on how fast your connection is, you
can only connect to a couple people depending on the game. Games played
over LIVE are different. When games on connected to the LIVE network, they
know what types of speed your Limited to on a DSL and Cable Connection and
LIVE running Games are setup to work over this limited connection speed.
Just having a Fast Ping rate doesn't cut it.

Even if the Game is a LIVE capable game, and your using a System Link
connection. It's 2 different Network setups programmed into the game.
Playing the games on LIVE is a far better experiance.


<mrwilley@gmail.com> wrote in message
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quote:

>i have a broad band connection with a usb modem running through my
> laptop. for some reason i cant use xbox live but i can use xb connect.
> this is fine but when i onnect to xb connect a message appears saying
> that the network has limited connectivity anfd when i play it
> occasionally jumps and is a bit slow although my ping rate is fine!
> does anyone know how i might solve this problem? i have tried
> disabling my firewall but that hasnt helped! please help me i need to
> play halo 2!!!
>



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