[WeegieAVLover]

Hi Gang,

I have the XL broadband package with Virgin so I should "get up to" 20Mb I have tested my connections (thumbnail attached) get about dwnld = 9Mb / Upld = 0.2 > 0.4.

so I am not sure if this is a really good/average/poor for gaming online or not.

However my problem which has also been a bit of hassle from day one is trying to connect to games on XBOX Live. Recently I have been playing Forza 2 / Operation Flashpoint 2 and when I search for games lots of lobbies appear however when I try to join them it tries to connect before getting the message "unable again - please search again."

Is this something that happens to others and something I will just have to live with or are there any setings on my XBOX / router / ANYTHING to improve things?

Your help would really be appreciated.

[dazzcupra]

look at your nat settings , lots of thread about it on here

[sdb123]

In addition to the above....from that test (which isn't conclusive) your ping is on the slow side (particularly for gaming) and your upload speed is not the fastest either.

[WeegieAVLover]

Originally Posted by sdb123

In addition to the above....from that test (which isn't conclusive) your ping is on the slow side (particularly for gaming) and your upload speed is not the fastest either.

Okkkkkkaaaayyyyyy....... I appreciate the comments however they are not that helpful... I can see my ping rate is on the low side and my upload speeds (to me) look ridiculously low.

Is there anyway of improving them though?

Originally Posted by dazzcupra

look at your nat settings , lots of thread about it on here

Nothing is reported back about my NAT settings when I test my connection and as far as I am aware that is the only way to know if there is a problem with the NAT settings. Thanks for the pointer though

[WeegieAVLover]

Guys,

Bought a new router after christmas and it arrived yesterday and I have not had any problems connecting to any games so far and the router has not lost its connection to Virgin Broadband resulting in my router having to be rebooted.

Really pleased.