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post #2731 of 2851
11/20/11 at 2:06pm
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Originally Posted by rsullivan8 View Post

I have a PS3 hooked up via hdmi to a Denon AV receiver and out to Panasonic plasma via hdmi. Over the last several months, while playing games (modern warfare), the screen will flicker and I lose video. Screen dispays appears as grey (snow). Audio continues to play. If I shut everything down and start back up, things appear to operate normally. This problem appears to happen randomly. Contacted Sony and they think might be bad HDMI cables. I'm hoping it's not a video card gone bad. Anyone got any thoughts?

Had the same thing happen to me. Everything would be fine, then the video would tear apart, get the fuzzies, then get the "no signal" displayed on my TV even though the audio would still play. I thought that my old, MGS bundle fat PS3 was dead, so I went and got a slim. (After trying new cables). When setting up the slim, the SAME EXACT THING was happening during the setup.

Turns out, the HDMI port on my Onkyo receiver was in its death throws. Anything I attached to HDMI4 would show the same video issues. Changed ports on the receiver and everything has been golden ever since. So I would check out the HDMI connection with regards to your receiver as well. If there is any degredation in the connection, HDMI will crap its pants and quit working. VERY annoying, and very difficult to figure out where the issue is. In my case, turns out the issue was with my receiver.
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post #2732 of 2851
11/20/11 at 3:27pm
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Originally Posted by rsullivan8 View Post

I have a PS3 hooked up via hdmi to a Denon AV receiver and out to Panasonic plasma via hdmi. Over the last several months, while playing games (modern warfare), the screen will flicker and I lose video. Screen dispays appears as grey (snow). Audio continues to play. If I shut everything down and start back up, things appear to operate normally. This problem appears to happen randomly. Contacted Sony and they think might be bad HDMI cables. I'm hoping it's not a video card gone bad. Anyone got any thoughts?

PS3 or any video game system 360 & wii don't have video cards. They are not modular components like a PC. Everything is on the motherboard and can't be replaced. Your probably on the verge of getting the no video issue. It works after you shut it down because it's early stages. After awhile it will get worse until you have nothing. Or you may have a bad HDMI but that is very rare.
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post #2733 of 2851
11/20/11 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by JA Fant View Post

Hiya Guys,

I am interested in buying a PS3, 1st generation, that plays Blu-Ray discs as well as CD/DVD/SACD. Which model(s) do I seek? 40,60,80GB? Thanks!

Well all 60gb and some 80gb are first gen 40 is not. All first gen 60 & 80 play ps2 games to. The 40 does not. The 40 would be the newer of the 3 but the cheapest quality one.
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post #2734 of 2851
11/20/11 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by kwaidonjin View Post

I have to say that my Ps3 slime set to bitstream sounds better than my old 20 gig set to lpcm, atleast on my onkyo.

It's what ever sounds best to you but lock is higher. It's letting the ONKYO decode the stream instead of the ps3. Bit stream is decided at ps3 and sent to ONKYO.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I have mine set to lpcm and my ONKYO 806 gets dtshd and dd plus. With bitstream the indicators dont light up. with lpcm they do!
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post #2735 of 2851
11/23/11 at 3:36pm
PS3 Slim

Problem: No audio/video

Receiver: Onkyo HT-RC270
TV: Panasonic TC-P50ST30

I have it currently setup as follows PS3 --> HDMI --> Receiver --> HDMI --> TV
I get nothing at all. PS3 works perfectly fine connecting HDMI straight to TV. Receiver cannot be the issue because I have my computer and verizon fios cable box connecting to my receiver (HDMI) and then to the (HDMI) TV and I have no issues at all.

I've tried the PS3 reset method and I still get nothing. While PS3 is off, the power button is held for 10 seconds, second beep sounds and nothing.

Anyone?
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post #2736 of 2851
11/23/11 at 9:58pm
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Originally Posted by thisgsx View Post

PS3 Slim

Problem: No audio/video

Receiver: Onkyo HT-RC270
TV: Panasonic TC-P50ST30

I have it currently setup as follows PS3 --> HDMI --> Receiver --> HDMI --> TV
I get nothing at all. PS3 works perfectly fine connecting HDMI straight to TV. Receiver cannot be the issue because I have my computer and verizon fios cable box connecting to my receiver (HDMI) and then to the (HDMI) TV and I have no issues at all.

I've tried the PS3 reset method and I still get nothing. While PS3 is off, the power button is held for 10 seconds, second beep sounds and nothing.

Anyone?

Ok go to display settings set your video to what you use hdmi. Then it will ask you if you want to set up audio choose what you want. Should be good to go.
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post #2737 of 2851
11/25/11 at 12:26pm
I am currently an owner of a launch 60 gig fat PS3. I took advantage of a black Friday deal of a ps3 slim.

I started the process to transfer all the data off the 60gig and onto the slim. I followed the steps online and on the Playstation website. Both consoles shows that it's transfering, but the % done has been stuck at 0 for about 2 hours.

Is there any way I can tell if data is actually transfering?
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post #2738 of 2851
11/25/11 at 1:41pm
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Originally Posted by Avious View Post

I am currently an owner of a launch 60 gig fat PS3. I took advantage of a black Friday deal of a ps3 slim.

I started the process to transfer all the data off the 60gig and onto the slim. I followed the steps online and on the Playstation website. Both consoles shows that it's transfering, but the % done has been stuck at 0 for about 2 hours.

Is there any way I can tell if data is actually transfering?

If it says 0% your not transferring anything. It should give you a estimated time to transfer usually 1 hour 55 minutes even if you have very little to transfer. You didn't do something right. Did you tell the slim to receive the data and tell the fat to send the data? You need to tell the slim first then the fat to send. If you have 2 hdmi or composite cables it's easier then you can switch your tv inputs back n forth to see what your doing. Deactivate the 60gb if your not going to use it anymore. Both consoles have to have the same firmware also so make sure they are both updated.
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post #2739 of 2851
11/25/11 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by schnurmac View Post

If it says 0% your not transferring anything. It should give you a estimated time to transfer usually 1 hour 55 minutes even if you have very little to transfer. You didn't do something right. Did you tell the slim to receive the data and tell the fat to send the data? You need to tell the slim first then the fat to send. If you have 2 hdmi or composite cables it's easier then you can switch your tv inputs back n forth to see what your doing. Deactivate the 60gb if your not going to use it anymore. Both consoles have to have the same firmware also so make sure they are both updated.

I do have them set up with 2 hdmi cables
internet and media server connections disabled on both consoles.
I made both systems had the latest updates.
I deactivated game and video on all accounts on the source ps3.
I do have the fat sending data and the slim receiving.
I tried to get the slim set up to receive first, but the system tells me that the source ps3 needs to be set up to send first.

I will try the safe mode options on the fatty.. if this doesn't work, then I will just have to use a flash drive to move data as well as the cloud.
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post #2740 of 2851
11/25/11 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by schnurmac View Post

Ok go to display settings set your video to what you use hdmi. Then it will ask you if you want to set up audio choose what you want. Should be good to go.

Still doesn't work. I hooked the PS3 directly to the tv and did what you told me, then hooked it to receiver and still nothing.
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post #2741 of 2851
11/25/11 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by thisgsx View Post

I've tried the PS3 reset method and I still get nothing. While PS3 is off, the power button is held for 10 seconds, second beep sounds and nothing.

Anyone?

Hi thisgsx, try the other four HDMI input on the receiver.
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post #2742 of 2851
11/27/11 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by thisgsx View Post

PS3 Slim

Problem: No audio/video

Receiver: Onkyo HT-RC270
TV: Panasonic TC-P50ST30

I have it currently setup as follows PS3 --> HDMI --> Receiver --> HDMI --> TV
I get nothing at all. PS3 works perfectly fine connecting HDMI straight to TV. Receiver cannot be the issue because I have my computer and verizon fios cable box connecting to my receiver (HDMI) and then to the (HDMI) TV and I have no issues at all.

I've tried the PS3 reset method and I still get nothing. While PS3 is off, the power button is held for 10 seconds, second beep sounds and nothing.

Anyone?

Try plugin the HDMI from Ps3 to another HDMI input on your receiver. On my Onkyo RC360 is plugged to the game HDMI input and I have no problems.
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post #2743 of 2851
11/30/11 at 3:16pm
Yes I tried other HDMI inputs as well and it didn't work. I didn't assign it to game though, Im not sure if that matters, but the default game HDMI input doesn't work and that was the one I've been trying.
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post #2744 of 2851
12/1/11 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by thisgsx View Post

Yes I tried other HDMI inputs as well and it didn't work. I didn't assign it to game though, Im not sure if that matters, but the default game HDMI input doesn't work and that was the one I've been trying.

I would return it and exchange it for another one.
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post #2745 of 2851
12/1/11 at 9:10pm
Finally figured it out. The problem was the HDMI cable. Switched it out with another and it now works, thanks for all the help guys!
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post #2746 of 2851
12/10/11 at 12:15pm
Need some help please....I just added a new PS3 slim to my theater room and am going crazy.

My previous PS3 fat was connected to my pre-HDMI system with component video and optical audio. All was fine.

With the new PS3 slim, Bluray disks won't play in HD over analog cables so I decided to upgrade to digital. My projector is old (Infocus SP7200) but works fine and is not on the immediate upgrade list.

I've tried a HDMI-M1/DVI cable and an HDMI-HDMI cable with an HDMI/M1 adapter. Both give the same results (no picture).

I've tested both cables with a DTV box to the projector and both work fine.
I've tested the HDMI-HDMI cables from the DTV box AND the PS3 to a small flat panel and that works fine.

I believe something is wrong with the combination of the PS3 and the Infocus SP7200.

Any ideas?
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post #2747 of 2851
12/10/11 at 4:25pm
Hi,

I have a 3 Tb My Book HD with with it's own external power source. It is formatted FAT32 and has folders for Music, Photos, Games and Video. The Video folder has all the movies and, the movies play perfectly on my PC.

When I connect to the PS3 it identifies the HD and shows the folders. But, when I click "Display All" it shows "no titles" in the video folder!

WTF! Where am I going wrong?

Help!

sandmanhunter
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post #2748 of 2851
12/14/11 at 12:28pm
Good afternoon. I reset my PS3 and now have nothing but a flashing screen (black, then white then black about every two seconds) on my Denon AVR590. I have connected the PS3 to the other two available HDMI inputs on the Denon with the same result. I thought that it might be a bad HDMI cable so I tried a new cable and had the same result on all of the Denon HDMI inputs. Next, I connected, in turn, the old and new HDMI cables from the PS3 directly to an HDMI input on my VIZIO XVT553SV TV and audio and video worked just fine. I plugged the HDMI cable back into the Denon, went to setup and checked the setting of the HDMI input for the PS3 and it was set at HDMI as the signal source. I also reset the PS3 with the same results. I REALLY would appreciate the collective knowledge of the group to suggest a solution to the problem. Many thanks.
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post #2749 of 2851
12/14/11 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by edannan View Post

Good afternoon. I reset my PS3 and now have nothing but a flashing screen (black, then white then black about every two seconds) on my Denon AVR590. I have connected the PS3 to the other two available HDMI inputs on the Denon with the same result. I thought that it might be a bad HDMI cable so I tried a new cable and had the same result on all of the Denon HDMI inputs. Next, I connected, in turn, the old and new HDMI cables from the PS3 directly to an HDMI input on my VIZIO XVT553SV TV and audio and video worked just fine. I plugged the HDMI cable back into the Denon, went to setup and checked the setting of the HDMI input for the PS3 and it was set at HDMI as the signal source. I also reset the PS3 with the same results. I REALLY would appreciate the collective knowledge of the group to suggest a solution to the problem. Many thanks.

Welcome aboard.

What do you mean by "reset" your PS3? If you mean reset your video/audio output then this is an unusual problem, and the PS3 works when direct to your TV. Sounds like your Denon has stopped passing HDMI signals, so if you have something else that uses HDMI you should try it and see what happens. You might also try the composite that came with the PS3 just to see if the receiver will pass a signal.
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post #2750 of 2851
12/14/11 at 2:59pm
Thanks for the welcome! I reset the PS3 by pressing both the power and eject buttons simultaneously until it went back to factory settings. From there I put in the network connection info, etc. and downloaded and installed the latest update and made sure that it would run game discs.. I did that while I had the PS3 connected to the TV HDMI input because of the problem I'm having with the Denon. When you mention "passing signals" it appears to be receiving HDMI signals because I have an OPPO blu-ray player and my VIZIO connected to the other two HDMI inputs on the Denon and both of them are working fine. That's what's so puzzling. Hope that gives you some more ideas.
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post #2751 of 2851
12/14/11 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by edannan View Post

I REALLY would appreciate the collective knowledge of the group to suggest a solution to the problem. Many thanks.

Hi edannan, on the PS3 try turning off "Deep Color/Colour Output (HDMI)" under Display Settings.
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post #2752 of 2851
12/14/11 at 6:06pm
Hi, JChin. That was the problem. Thanks to both you and Crash44 and I hope to be able to return the favor some time.
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post #2753 of 2851
1/3/12 at 9:51pm
In a properly leveled and calibrated 5.1 surround setup, why is it that the surround speakers are much louder? Do most games automatically amplify the surround speakers as an "Effect"? Its annoying because if your playing a FPS game where the character is talking infront of you - things sound perfect - but if you turn around - the voices are now coming out the surround speakers and 2x louder.
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post #2754 of 2851
1/5/12 at 5:18am
I've run into an interesting problem streaming audio to the PS3 from my PC. More specifically FLAC and mp3's through windows media player or tversity. The same problem happens regardless of the file type or server. So it is probably a ps3 issue. The issue is if I select audio output to 44/88/196kHz in the ps3 menu I get audio stuttering. Every few seconds the audio stops, then starts again a few seconds later. I've checked my network/bandwidth and that is not an issue. When I select 48kHz for PS3 audio output does not stutter. However, the audio quality is noticeably worse. My FLAC files are not giving me cd quality playback with this setting. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting this to work?

Thanks.
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post #2755 of 2851
1/5/12 at 11:56am
I don't use the PS3 for music but a few things I'd check or keep in mind:
- PS3 cannot play FLAC files so maybe it is a decoding/transcoding setting on the server?
- What resolution are these FLACS? If basic CD rips they will be 16/44.1
- Maybe the server is choking on hi-res FLACS?
- Server computer wired to avoid a double WiFi hop?
- What about a simple WAV file to PS3, that play fine?
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post #2756 of 2851
1/6/12 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by toby10 View Post

I don't use the PS3 for music but a few things I'd check or keep in mind:
- PS3 cannot play FLAC files so maybe it is a decoding/transcoding setting on the server?
- What resolution are these FLACS? If basic CD rips they will be 16/44.1
- Maybe the server is choking on hi-res FLACS?
- Server computer wired to avoid a double WiFi hop?
- What about a simple WAV file to PS3, that play fine?

The resolution of the FLACS is 16/44.1 and they are being transcoded before sending to the PS3. I too thought the hi-res FLACS were the problem, however, I see the same stuttering issues for mp3s and WAV files. In summary:

PS3 audio output at 48kHz: FLAC/WAV/mp3 plays fine with degraded sound quality
PS3 audio output at 44//88/196kHz (I tried all three): FLAC/WAV/mp3 good sound quality with stuttering/audio dropout.

I have not tried a wired connection due to the location of my PC. I will try moving it and hard wiring it to my router.
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post #2757 of 2851
1/8/12 at 8:17am
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Originally Posted by leger433 View Post

The resolution of the FLACS is 16/44.1 and they are being transcoded before sending to the PS3. I too thought the hi-res FLACS were the problem, however, I see the same stuttering issues for mp3s and WAV files. In summary:

PS3 audio output at 48kHz: FLAC/WAV/mp3 plays fine with degraded sound quality
PS3 audio output at 44//88/196kHz (I tried all three): FLAC/WAV/mp3 good sound quality with stuttering/audio dropout.

I have not tried a wired connection due to the location of my PC. I will try moving it and hard wiring it to my router.

No luck. Same stuttering problem. Any other ideas?
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post #2758 of 2851
1/11/12 at 6:21pm
My PS3 from time to time doesn´t load games, just freezes when just has begun to load, at the very beggining (almost two years ago) did it very few times with uncharted 2, no problems with other games like Modern warfare 2, Fifa 10, Heavy Rain, Metal Gear Solid 4 or until recently GT5., the problem was when I bought BATTLEFIELD 3, maybe 20% of the times I load the game it freezes, now GT5 did it once last night, never before did it, Is there a problem with my PS3 or just the Battlefield 3 disc (or software) has some issues?
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post #2759 of 2851
1/12/12 at 3:09pm
Thought I'd post this here in case anyone is considering a second game console on their LAN. I have 2 PS3's and one Xbox360 on the LAN, along with 2 AP's supporting both wired and wireless connectivity. I wanted to support Quality of Service (QoS) so that game play doesn't suffer when folks are doing downloads or uploads so I upgraded our ancient Linksys router (I have att DSL and run the Westel DSL modem in bridged mode to avoid NAT behind NAT).

I bought the Netgear WNR3500L (N300 class modem), setup the PPPoE connection, locked down the router and wireless sections. I went back though and re-organized my IP layout, e.g. static IP's are in the range x.x.x.2 - 199 and x.x.x.200 - 254 are assigned by DHCP.

I initially setup the game consoles to use DHCP (xbox and first ps3 connect wirelessly, second ps3 connects wired). I turned on QoS using MAC addresses giving the game consoles highest priority.

In MW3 we had lag issues, intermittent connectivity issues, NAT Open then changing to Moderate or strict, etc. After a lot of research, here's what I found:
* the suggestions to use a DMZ, set port forwarding/triggering, etc. will not work with more than one console as each is tied to a single IP. Preference will be given to the DMZ, so you'll still end up with at least one console suffering NAT not open.
* the only real solution is to use a router with a correct UPnP implementation and turn it on. I found these two links:

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/x.../9/t/7448.aspx

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-l...ible-xbox-live

That helped alot. The first explains much about networking and what will or won't work. the second link is a list of routers that have been microsoft tested to work with more than one xbox giving NAT open. UPnP dynamically lets the applications open ports as needed and correctly control network traffic from the internet onto the LAN.

my wnr3500L is on the list. UPnP was set on. There's one more thing I've had to do. use static IP's for the game consoles. If I set them to use DHCP, I get slow download speeds (about 1/4 what I should get), NAT can show up as open, moderate or strict. there's significant lag and dropped game connections. Setting the consoles to use static IP's gives NAT open always with no apparent network lag and full download speeds.

Just putting this out there so that google can find it and maybe help others out.

Best,
jeff
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post #2760 of 2851
1/12/12 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by greeno View Post

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone is considering a second game console on their LAN. I have 2 PS3's and one Xbox360 on the LAN, along with 2 AP's supporting both wired and wireless connectivity. I wanted to support Quality of Service (QoS) so that game play doesn't suffer when folks are doing downloads or uploads so I upgraded our ancient Linksys router (I have att DSL and run the Westel DSL modem in bridged mode to avoid NAT behind NAT).

I bought the Netgear WNR3500L (N300 class modem), setup the PPPoE connection, locked down the router and wireless sections. I went back though and re-organized my IP layout, e.g. static IP's are in the range x.x.x.2 - 199 and x.x.x.200 - 254 are assigned by DHCP.

I initially setup the game consoles to use DHCP (xbox and first ps3 connect wirelessly, second ps3 connects wired). I turned on QoS using MAC addresses giving the game consoles highest priority.

In MW3 we had lag issues, intermittent connectivity issues, NAT Open then changing to Moderate or strict, etc. After a lot of research, here's what I found:
* the suggestions to use a DMZ, set port forwarding/triggering, etc. will not work with more than one console as each is tied to a single IP. Preference will be given to the DMZ, so you'll still end up with at least one console suffering NAT not open.
* the only real solution is to use a router with a correct UPnP implementation and turn it on. I found these two links:

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/x.../9/t/7448.aspx

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-l...ible-xbox-live

That helped alot. The first explains much about networking and what will or won't work. the second link is a list of routers that have been microsoft tested to work with more than one xbox giving NAT open. UPnP dynamically lets the applications open ports as needed and correctly control network traffic from the internet onto the LAN.

my wnr3500L is on the list. UPnP was set on. There's one more thing I've had to do. use static IP's for the game consoles. If I set them to use DHCP, I get slow download speeds (about 1/4 what I should get), NAT can show up as open, moderate or strict. there's significant lag and dropped game connections. Setting the consoles to use static IP's gives NAT open always with no apparent network lag and full download speeds.

Just putting this out there so that google can find it and maybe help others out.

Best,
jeff

Wow, excellent write up. Thanks for putting in the time to do that and it explains why I can only have NAT open on Red Dead Redemption on only one of my PS3's
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