Minor Router Problem Xbox 360

Ok my brother has just started to get intop Xbox Live now the problem is we are both on the sam router but when one goes online the other disconnects from Xbox Live does anyone know whats casuseing this.

I read on one thread I found on the net its because the router does not know where to send the information.Some people were saying its down to teh routers some not haveing the capability to run 2 Xboxs on certain router and its best to get a good router I have a Belkin one but its about 2 - 3 years old now.

These are the codes for the two Xbox 360 that they are under.

DNS Servers
Secondary DNS Server194.168.4.100

Both me and me brother have this code in the xbox network settings.

Any Help appriciated

Have you set manual network settings on the router or are they automatic?

Yeah all you should need to do is assign the Xbox's network seetings manually to ensure they have seperate IP's and job done.

The router itself will work with 2 Xbox's...it won't know the difference between whatever is receiving the output.

I take it you're using two separate accounts?

The settings are set to automatic and the 2 xbox have different I.P addresses the code I put down is the only thing that is the same.

Ye and we are useing 2 seperate gamertags

Try http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6113817AAbiCDc

It should work with no probs. Mines auto assigns IP addys to both mine and my bro's 360's. We game online together a lot with COD4.

Originally Posted by bingo83 It should work with no probs. Mines auto assigns IP addys to both mine and my bro's 360's. We game online together a lot with COD4.

Next time you on could you just see in the network settings on both consoles if this is the exact same on both consoles Secondary DNS Server 194.168.4.100.

If I'm not mistaken the DNS servers should be the same. They come from your ISP and dont change, they are always the same.

Me and my brother use the same router on automatic settings with 2 Xboxes and it works fine, haven't checked what the DNS are though.

I take it both of them can get online fine when the other isn't plugged in. So it might be something to do with your router settings. Have a look online and see if there is a firmware update for it, might fix it.

This is to anyone who wants to connect 2 360s on one network and have them both on xbox live playing at the same time. And sorry if someone else has posted this elsewhere and this is a repost. First. Get a good router, perferably linksys since I did this with one. When you have the router get into the interface of it, ie log on with the ip address (192.168.1.1-- might vary but should be mentioned in the manuel.) You are going to want to enable the UPnP setting and just to help out, open the port numbers for the xbox, they can be found online with google. Then comes the fun part. You need to find out the ip address of the 360s, you actually only need one but it's nice to know both just in case. At this point you need to enable the DMZ feature in the router. It will ask for an IP Address at which just enter one of the 360s. Save your settings and you should be good to go. The reason both 360s wont work, or work a short time, is that the router handling the packets doesnt know which 360 to forward them to so comes the problem with it. By enabling the DMZ you are basically putting one 360 outside your nat network and the router can send the packets to each 360 without any problem. By the way, lag shouldnt be any problem if you have a decent internet connection. Enjoy

The Part above was from another post I found on the net what do you guys think I have just checked me router and it has this DMZ section on will have a go tommorow.

Are they connecting wirelessly or wired?

I have four xbox's connected to the same router. Never had any problems. The actual xbox settings should remain on automatic and as Phat said, the DNS should be the same. Sounds like conflicting IP's meaning both the xbox's are trying to connect via the same IP.

Go into your routers configuration via the browser, usually 192.168.1.1 and find the list of connected devices, usually there should be a check box on each device connected as to whether you wish them to use a static IP or dynamic. You want dynamic so that the router assigns new IPs to the consoles.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by Sean Are they connecting wirelessly or wired? I have four xbox's connected to the same router. Never had any problems. The actual xbox settings should remain on automatic and as Phat said, the DNS should be the same. Sounds like conflicting IP's meaning both the xbox's are trying to connect via the same IP. Go into your routers configuration via the browser, usually 192.168.1.1 and find the list of connected devices, usually there should be a check box on each device connected as to whether you wish them to use a static IP or dynamic. You want dynamic so that the router assigns new IPs to the consoles. Hope that helps.

Connected Wired

The router is set to Dynamic

I am going to contact Belkin tommorow and talk to them about it.

I just contacted Belkin and they said to forward one of the xbox 360 ports but how do I find out the port number they said contact Microsoft.

Also they said to put one of the Xboxs in the DMZ which I have just done meaning one the xbox is outside of the firewall.

http://portforward.com/

You should find most routers in there, so will give exact instrcutions relevant to you.

These are the ports you should open:

* TCP 80
* UDP 88
* UDP 3074
* TCP 3074
* UDP 53
* TCP 53

Thanx for the link ok here is the page I need for my router just one question for instance if anything goes wrong can I just cancel the ports that I am opening and set everything to the way it was before.

This is link for my router and looks pretty simple to do.
http://portforward.com/english/route...x_Live_360.htm

Gonna do it now anyway here it goes.

If anything goes wrong you can reset your router back to default.