need help with wireless xbox 360 hook up

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@TwoFortySX

This might be slightly off topic but hopefully relivent.

I had so much trouble with a NetGear router when I switched from Verizon DSL to Comcast Cable internet. MY laptops, desktops and PS3 would show the connections. They would sometimes connect, other times not even show the connections, if they did connect they would randomly drop the connection and on top of it all the connections, when actually connected, was slow and weak.

After about 3 weeks I had enough. I bought a Linksys WRT160N router. It was the most expensive one that Best Buy had at the time, 120 dollars or in that area. I have not had a single problem with it from the day I got it which was about 10 months ago. It was easy to setup, the signal strength is good throughout the house, the connections are as stable as can be.

The other thing I did was move the router and modem to my living room. I did that so I could hard wire my PS3 for a faster connection.

I’ve been having the same problem with the verizon fios router. It is in fact garbage. Rebuilt 2 test machines, one vista, one xp, both still having the same problem. I’ve been looking at firmware alternatives or bypassing the local wap altogether, like you did.

There’s no hard evidence in the logs that I could argue with Verizon but it in positively drops the wireless network at random for extended periods of time and in no particular pattern. I’ve only seen this type of problem on Linksys WRT54G/AG’s where the wireless stops working altogether. Never had a problem with the Netgear’s.