Networking covers topics that involve connectivity between 2 devices - typically 2 computers or consoles (LAN). It also covers connectivity between a device and the internet at large.
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How to get Xbox to detect network drive when drive is connected to router?
I am trying to get my Xbox to stream music and videos from a network drive I have set up. I am using a Belkin N600DB Router. I have found a lot of directions on how to connect my Xbox when the drive ...
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Battlefield 3 Network Problems (Lag)
So a few weeks ago, I was playing BF3 as usual when everything suddenly stopped moving, everything froze and the game was shut down. I also got a blank error message on Battlelog which did not help ...
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Cause of mysterious PS3 connection drops and lag?
I'm having an interesting problem with my roommate's PS3. It was working relatively fine until I changed the router password. When I attempted to change the network configuration for the PS3 to use ...
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Why is my PS3's internet so slow compared to my computer?
OK so I ran a speed test on my computer and my PS3. The results were stunning!
Computer: 14.12 Mbps
PS3: 0.89 Mbps
When I ran this test I disconnected all devices except for the one that was ...
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Can my friend and I use my (singular) save game on the LAN?
My friend and I started playing BL2 in a LAN centre this evening for a bit of fun.
We got some way into it, then his machine restarted, which meant his save game was lost (as the LAN centre machines ...
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How to bind steam client to a different IP address?
So I have 2 network cards, and multiple networks (VPN, etc).
What I want to do is bind steam client to one of my IPs, and bypass my VPN (because lag).
I checked all the steam settings and launching ...
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How do I change my Technic Launcher playername for offline LAN play?
I want to know if you can change the playername used to join servers, so me and my friend can both play a modpack for Technic Launcher using the same account. Is this possible? and if it is, How do I ...
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How much data does SimCity transfer?
I live in an area without cable or DSL, so my home Internet connection is a Verizon LTE modem on a limited data plan. I'd like to get the new SimCity, but I'm concerned about how much data is ...
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Minecraft - Two servers, two subdomains, two ports, don't want to type in :port to connect
I have two minecraft servers, on sub-domains. www.server1.example.com and www.server2.example.com. server1 is port 25565, server2 is port 25566.
When users want to connect to a non-default port in ...
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Using Urban Terror 4.2, how can I connect to a 4.1 server?
I've just downloaded, installed and configured Urban Terror 4.2.009. And I would like to go play on Sexy CTF server 1 which, as far as I know, is a Urban Terror 4.1.1 server.
Contrary to what I ...
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Why don't multiplayer games require you to open router ports anymore?
It used to be the case that you had to open ports on your router to play some multiplayer games. I haven't had to do that in many years -- pretty much every game works online out of the box. What ...
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How can I get two Xbox 360's to be in “open nat” mode behind the same router?
I have two Xbox 360's, one WiFi and the other wired through the same Linksys E3000 router with DD-WRT (v24-sp2 (04/13/11) std-usb-nas firmware).
Mine (the wired one, though hers has been wired in ...
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Wii U error 103-2001 / 103-2101 when trying to set up wifi
I just got a Wii U and it seems it must not like my router (a Linksys E3000). No other devices seem to have a problem. When I enter the settings in the system menu the connection to the router ...
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Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) Strict Nat on PS3 and 3G Dongle
I am using a levelone wbr-6800 3g router and a 3g dongle. I am trying to get an open NAT with Mordern Warfare 3 on a ps3. Basically these are the results I get when pinging a server in CA.
My problem ...
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What do Error Status Report codes mean on the Xbox 360?
If you've had any networking problems on the 360, done a network test then pressed Y for detailed status, you've seen a dialog like this (this one's not mine; thanks google image search):
What do ...
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How to fix rubber band network lag?
I am playing Saints Row the Third with my friend co-op on PC, using the LAN feature.
When playing and say if my friend is driving, there is extreme rubber banding (where the car/objects rubber band ...
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Can I download PS3 game updates from my computer instead?
So GT5 2.0 is out and it's all terribly exciting. However, my internet connection isn't very great and it has failed completing the 1GB download for the last 7 times. Given the lack of resumable ...
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Troubleshooting a wireless adapter that won't connect [closed]
I bought the 2 antenna black MAX wireless adapter for my 120 GB Xbox 360, but cannot connect to my home network. This is a third party product but is officially sanctioned by Microsoft. Apparently ...
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Is it possible to access your PS3's hard drive over the network?
To bypass the lame external hard drive limitations for the PS3, is there any way one could access the PS3's hard drive over the LAN?
Having a media server running on a PC works great in general for ...
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Is there anyway to observe my latency or wireless signal strength over a period of time?
Perhaps two weeks ago or so, I began having terrible latency problems whenever I began playing online. At first, I thought the wireless receiver (a USB device) on my computer was simply failing, but ...
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TF2 and shared wireless connections — impossible for me and my brother to connect to the same Server?
It's the summer months, and both my brother and I are home from college for the time being. This means we're currently sharing a wireless network.
We tried to play a game of Team Fortress 2 together ...
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Input a 63-character WPA2 key on an Xbox 360S
I have a wireless network with quite a few devices. I just got a brand new Xbox 360S, 4GB version. My last console was a ColecoVision.
I connected the Xbox to my router and it applied many updates, ...
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Wireless networking for Xbox 360
I'm moving from a one-story apartment to a two-story apartment and I'd like to place my router on a different floor than my XBox.
However, my xbox doesn't have built-in wireless. Rewiring the ...
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What can I use PS2 ethernet for, after all the online games are shut down? [closed]
According to this list, it seems that most PS2 games that have online play have already been shut down, and I expect that sooner or later, the rest will go away, too.
But I like my PS2, and I have no ...
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Why is my wired Internet connection slow on my PS3?
My ISP connection is 30 meg down and 5 up. My PlayStation 3 is hardwired with cat5e. All of the PlayStation Network ports are configured and forwarded on my router.
The test: Go to speakeasy with ...
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Does Steam work through Tor or a VPN?
I talked to Steam Support about Steam Offline. I have been told:
You can set up your Steam account to run in offline mode prior to connecting to your school's network […] you must allow ...
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What ports does Alien Swarm use?
I keep on getting disconnected from Alien Swarm (after 10 retries the game auto disconnects) and I remembered that I have very few ports forwarded to my computer.
What ports should I forward to my ...
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Warhammer 40k Retribution, unable to connect for coop play
My friend and I are trying to play Warhammer 40k Retribution together in campaign coop. When one of us accepts the others' Steam invite, the connecting player sees "Connecting..." then "Connection ...
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I can't connect to any minecraft servers with Ubuntu
Okay, so for the past few weeks, I've had a problem with minecraft. The problem is that when I play on a new server, I log in and everything is fine, but after about 4 or 5 minutes playing, the game ...
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How can I troubleshoot high latency issues with StarCraft:BW?
A couple of friends and myself have been trying to play StarCraft: Brood War on Battle.net, but every time we try to join each others' game we always get a 'High Latency Issue' and full red bars next ...
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Playing Diablo 3 and WoW behind a DD-WRT router
My roommates and I like to play Diablo III and World of Warcraft at the same time, but we experience frequent disconnects. If one of the machines is in the DMZ on the router it doesn't disconnect ...
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XBOX 360 in the Hotel
I want to connect my Xbox to the hotel network. I am using my laptop to connect the xbox to the network. At this point I have 2 options - to bridge or to use ICS. Which is better? I have tried both ...
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What can I do to troubleshoot sync errors in Tidalis?
Any time we try to do a custom map on Tidalis, we get out of sync errors after a short time. Are there settings we can set, or something else we can do, to alleviate this? I'd really like to play some ...
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What ports need to be opened to play multiplayer reliably?
So I'm trying to configure my firewall to open the right ports needed to play multiplayer.
According to Ubisoft's Support page:
...you will need to configure your router or firewall to allow the ...
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Can I use 4 Xbox 360 consoles in System Link mode on the same wireless network?
I was looking to have a Halo: Reach party with 16 people (4 Xbox 360s) at my house, but in talking to a friend, I became worried when he said he was not able to connect through the (Existing) wireless ...
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How do I solve or bypass ISP mistakenly throttling Ashen Empires as P2P activity?
When playing Ashen Empires recently, I've been experiencing uncommon and severe lag spikes and very frequent disconnects. After over a week of testing, I've narrowed the problem down to my ISP ...
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Why would a non-network issue like an inadequate video card cause me to lag out of Starcraft II games
I keep lagging out of Starcraft II games, even though I am (moderately) certain my network is just fine, I'm on a university campus.
I am however lacking in system specs, specifically my graphics ...
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Can't get XBOX to recognize open nat
I've done a lot of google work to see if there is a solution to making my XBOX show up as an open nat. Still no luck. I have a Linksys WRT160N with v3.0.03 firmware.
Here is what I have done so ...
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Does a Playstation 3 support Jumbo Frames?
So I basically want to transfer some media from my PC to the Playstation 3 over my Gigabit Ethernet network. I noticed my transfer speeds aren't that hot, and I verified that I DO have a Gigabit ...
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Why can't I seem to connect to a Minecraft server through Remobo?
I'm using Remobo to connect to a server but when I try to connect in Minecraft it'll just time out.
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XBOX 360 - Networking test fails connecting to XBOX Live with ICMP Failure
I've been around and around, tried a number of things and I just can't seem to make any progress on this. Has anyone got any troubleshooting advice for getting past the dreaded ICMP error during the ...
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Comprehensive list of network ports used by popular games and platforms
I'm a network administrator at a small residential college. Right now our firewall is set to have all network ports open by default, with a few exceptions. Unfortunately, bittorrent traffic has ...
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What settings need to be configured on my firewall/router to support XBOX Live connections?
What network and firewall settings are required to connect to XBOX Live through my home network?
I had everything set up correctly and working but had to reset my router after a firmware upgrade and ...
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Does the XBox360 enforce a maximum ping time when connecting to Xbox Live?
I have had continuing and intermittent problems connecting to XBOX live using my wireless network.
It connects fine to the network on the diagnostics screen, but frequently has trouble making the ...
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How to assess amount of network traffic generated by an online game?
The question is in the title - is there some (hopefully non-intrusive) tool, or a site that lists average traffic consumption for popular games?
A friend of mine would like to play with me, yet he is ...
