Pull out whats left of my hair......

Xbox Live

Can connect - all network connections test ok. no NAT issues either.

Can see some menu's, but can access live content such as demo's. Get Error 80072ee2 ( see so often can type with out looking for my notes )

Just bought a port configurator to be sure port forwarding done right ( .....still no luck ).

Using a SMC SMC7904BRA2 Modem ( the thing which connects to the internet )

WRT54GC 1.00.7 Wireless Router from Linksys .

- Have manually set IP to 192.168.1.180 - SMC modem distributes the IP's for others (but range set from 1-254)

SMC on 254

Router on 1

Questions:-

- I tried port forwarding in the router, and Xbox live failed, so assuming only port forwarding to be set in SMC modem (??)

- Any other things i might have missed?

This is really driving me nuts

LOL......

get this.......

- Changed IP from Dynamic to Static ( Fixed ) fixed on 192.168.1.220

- Bought PFConfig programme to set up Port forwarding – set and tested - working.

- Port forwarding 53,80,88,3074 TCP / UDP set and tested as required ( test – working – port open )

- DHCP pool is from 1 to 199. Gateway on 192.169.1.254

- DNS – received from IP provider and manually configured.

- Test Xbox Live Connection = Live and up and running, not issues, no NAT.

- Cleared Cache & Reformatted Hard disk

AND........DRUM ROLL...........

one last ditch effort to clear the cache....and it finally works.

I think the port forwarding, Setting True DNS, manual IP did the trick

Bad side is i have wasted alot of @#$!@%@ time. ( cummulative maybe 20 hours )

Good side - learnt alot now about how modems and routers work

Edited February 15, 201016 yr by skippybangkok

my nephew made me a water cooled Xbox....... cool ........ from his mother board and using my DVD /casing. He seemed to think the region was linked to the DVD drive, but, pretty sure now its linked to the Mother board as my Japan based games dont work ( Halo3, BF2 etc ).

Anyone have a stupid game they dont want to sell ( or better, loan for a few days ? ) - just need to test that it is indeed now a Region 4 set up versus the japan.

Thx.

you can't exchange the dvd drive unless you reflash in the dvd firmware the key of the motherboard.

Thx......

What region is region 4?

What region is region 4?

Region 4 is what they use in Australia. My new Motherboard is from Oz and i / we suspect the motherboard defines the region as the DVD's ( games ) from oz played ok, where as my old asian region ones dont now.

NHJ - Nephew came up with an interesting comment - we tested the Xbox in Oz ( which now has an Oz mother board, and the Asian/japanese version DVD from my old Xbox ) ..... and it worked - no re-flashing DVD as u mentioned.

( p.s. - why does Google Ads mention about Colonic Irrigation for this thread - maybe an Anal topic ? )

Edited February 16, 201016 yr by skippybangkok

..just getting back on line after a year w/o xbox.

Xbox live is spotty............ hard to access.

Grrrrrr

Is Xbox your life?

Is Xbox your life?

Perceptive !

Thanks for the info. I modded my xbox360 but was thinking of buying an unmodded one for xbox live. I guess I'll just have to continue playing multiplayer on the PS3. Not good for multiplayer either but at least I'm not paying for a bad service.

Did you try setting the xbox as the DMZ? I also had some trouble connecting to xbox live at first but after setting it as the DMZ, everything was ok. I played a MW2 games online (I hadn't modified my xbox 360 yet) and it kept connecting to the US. Bad but playable lag. Not too different from my PS3 so I decided to just mod the xbox. Only problem now is that I won't connect to live anymore for fear of being banned and losing the dashboard functions and I have to make sure I get region free or region 1 copied games. I've started to just download the games and burn them myself instead of paying 120 for copies.

Working today

dvd video will work but not games.

Merging three threads on same topic from same OP.