help! runnig two consoles on live!!

[zombie_dan]

hey i've got two xbox's in my house, both on live and one or the other keeps getting signed out. the NAT settings are both set to open and there both wireless. does anyone know why it keeps doin this?

cheers Dan

[B1GDADDYK00LA1D]

No idea. I have 4 connected and working in my house. They are not wireless though.

[TTR Dr Payne]

im not sure..maby your connection cant handle 2 on at once? Whats your connection speed? This is a good site to check it. I dont know if this could affect it or not, im just guessing.

[Gregtheman10]

how do u have 4 wired consoles connected in your house dont routers only have 3 available ports after connectin internet

[paintba||er]

Well, this seems obvious to me, but you can't sign in under the same GamerTag on two consoles at the same time. And the amount of ports depends on what router.

[johnfive5]

Originally Posted by paintba||er

Well, this seems obvious to me, but you can't sign in under the same GamerTag on two consoles at the same time. And the amount of ports depends on what router.

I think your right sounds like they are trying to use the same gamer tag

[zombie_dan]

no i'm not using the same gamer tag, i know that won't work. these are my results from that internet speed test

[sj420]

Thats cable broadband. Comcast is my provider and I have been mailed before saying I cannot have more than one physical IP address per house without paying for it. Basically this means you have to buy another protocol to run off of. But this isn't true. As the router splits the connection in a lan and than uses its own connections. However sometimes ISP's limit their connections based on the gateway or the hub of your neighborhood. Everyone in the neighborhood is connected on that hub and that hub connects to the ISP. The ISP can select individual DNS's registered on that hub and filter them.

However I don't know if this is the case but it sounds like it won't connect two because they are conflicting IP's or other information. If all else fails call your isp and ask support why it is refusing a second xbl connection. Or else try xbox support.

I noticed this list from one of payne's post, use this it might help.
DNS test failed

[B1GDADDYK00LA1D]

Originally Posted by Gregtheman10

how do u have 4 wired consoles connected in your house dont routers only have 3 available ports after connectin internet

My router has more than 3.

[TTR Dr Payne]

my router has 4, i think thats the least amount you can get with it still being a partly wired router. Theres things called Ethernet Switches that can come with hundreds of ports...

[Gregtheman10]

yea mine has 4 too but after you plug in the cable for internet theres 3 left. but yea i guess some people have ethernet switches for thers

[B1GDADDYK00LA1D]

I have a switch also. With an 8 port router. We can get some connections going.

[sj420]

I have a netgear router, after plugging in the internet there are 4 ports. This is an older router too. before the a/g/n came out and only 802.11/b was around.