Connection Acting Weird... Again.

HelpNeededBoy · 02-13-2006, 06:07 PM

I can play Halo 2 through X-Box live... I can get on the intenret. It's just SUPER slow. It was going fast for a very long time, through Mozilla Firefox but my IE was going slow. Now, they're BOTH going slow and if I take my ethernet cable out to plug it into my X-Box, once I try to put it back into my computer, I often get a little to no connectivity sign thingy and have to try over and over to get a regular, but slow connection. I have cable through Road Runner and a regular modem, no router or anything. Help please!

**JamesO** · 02-14-2006, 03:57 AM

Every time you connect a new device to a modem (cable or DSL) you need to power cycle the modem to clear the MAC address cache.

Based up your comments, I would first try to turn the cable modem off for 30 seconds, then back on.

JamesO

HelpNeededBoy · 02-14-2006, 05:24 PM

I've tried that and I've also tried waiting 3 minutes like I have to do to connec tto X-Box live and the computer after using the other since I don't have a modem. Any other suggestions?

HelpNeededBoy · 02-17-2006, 09:08 AM

Anyone...? =/.

02-13-2006, 06:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
HelpNeededBoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 133 OS: Windows XP	Connection Acting Weird... Again. I can play Halo 2 through X-Box live... I can get on the intenret. It's just SUPER slow. It was going fast for a very long time, through Mozilla Firefox but my IE was going slow. Now, they're BOTH going slow and if I take my ethernet cable out to plug it into my X-Box, once I try to put it back into my computer, I often get a little to no connectivity sign thingy and have to try over and over to get a regular, but slow connection. I have cable through Road Runner and a regular modem, no router or anything. Help please!

02-14-2006, 03:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
JamesO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA USA Posts: 2,163 OS: 98SE, W2k Pro, XP Pro	Every time you connect a new device to a modem (cable or DSL) you need to power cycle the modem to clear the MAC address cache. Based up your comments, I would first try to turn the cable modem off for 30 seconds, then back on. JamesO

02-14-2006, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
HelpNeededBoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 133 OS: Windows XP	I've tried that and I've also tried waiting 3 minutes like I have to do to connec tto X-Box live and the computer after using the other since I don't have a modem. Any other suggestions?

02-17-2006, 09:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
HelpNeededBoy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 133 OS: Windows XP	Anyone...? =/.