I don't see it using a lot of bandwidth, and it seems to burst pretty quickly when I do see the traffic. But, if the game has to keep track of his position relative to the other players, wouldn't that require a fairly constant packet exchange with the "server?"
At 08:37 AM 10/5/2009, you wrote: >I think the NAT isn't the issue here. The nat gets to the xbox when it >comes to A. connecting to a game. or B. Hosting a game. >Once they are in a game it shouldn't be a nat issue. >The xbox 360 doesn't use much when it comes bandwidth. But think about it >more like a VOIP call. Its very sensitive to jitter and packet loss. >Also, When it comes to the xbox world the servers aren't always up to par. >This is because most games have the user hosting a "server" and everyone >connects to that person. Well most people don't have the internet for that. >Or they are far away and the latency just getting to them is bad. So you >may not be the bad guy here. > >Nick Olsen >Brevard Wireless >(321) 205-1100 x106 > > >---------------------------------------- > >From: "jp" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 7:39 AM >To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [WISPA] XBOX 360 > >I think double nat can cause a problem for that sometimes. A low quality >home firewall/router can also contribute. Lend the customer a different >router and see if that helps. > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 06:18:57AM -0500, Mike wrote: > > They ARE behind a double nat. They are a rural pocket of family I > > feed with a sector, then have a repeater on one of the buildings. I > > put a robust client in the house, and a switch. This one has a long > > Ethernet cable from the switch to the XBox. They tested at almost 2M > > down and almost 3M up. > > > > Have you set up QOS queues for XBox? > > > > Mike > > > > At 10:15 PM 10/4/2009, you wrote: > > >What kind of network topology do you have between your head end and >their > > >Xbox? Two or more layers of NAT, from what I read, bother the Xbox. > > > > > >What kind of bandwidth does he get after a speed test? Xbox uses a lot >more > > >then I expect. I remember at a LAN party the 1.5 meg T1 was full by >3-4 > > >Xboxes. > > > > > >Josh Luthman > > >Office: 937-552-2340 > > >Direct: 937-552-2343 > > >1100 Wayne St > > >Suite 1337 > > >Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > >"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > > >improbable, must be the truth." > > >--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > > > > > >On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > > > > > > I at least 15% of my customers use 360 and none have problems... and >two > > > > of > > > > them (myself included) are highly intolerant of network issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > Mike Hammett > > > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > From: "Mike" > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:41 PM > > > > To: ; "WISPA General List" > > > > Subject: [WISPA] XBOX 360 > > > > > > > > > I have a couple XBOX 360 players saying they are having lag > > > > > issues. 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