bt home hub plus router

[stoneyja]

hi everyone,I have a bt home hub 2.0 but this doesnt work very well with my ps3,so I was wondering if I purchase a netgear router or something of the sort,Can I connect this to my ps3 and connect the router wirelessly to the hub ? any help will be very much appreciated

[RayB]

From experience, HH's are not too keen on having 3rd party routers connected to them. On the flip side, although I know next to nothing about game stuff, I have seen several HH's working seamlessly with various consoles.

Perhaps if you could elaborate in respect of "doesn't work very well" ?

[stoneyja]

On black ops my nat type is strict and I find it hard to find any games and also can never join any of my friends games.My ps3 NAT type is 2 which is open but On the game its strcit.

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by stoneyja

On black ops my nat type is strict and I find it hard to find any games and also can never join any of my friends games.My ps3 NAT type is 2 which is open but On the game its strcit.

you need to forward your ports mate.

Buying a new router will not solve your issue unles you have the corect ports for xbox.

you can put a DMZ on the Xbox. on the DMZ forward it to a specific IP. i.e the one assigned to the Xbox (LAN)

[RayB]

Originally Posted by stoneyja

On black ops my nat type is strict and I find it hard to find any games and also can never join any of my friends games.My ps3 NAT type is 2 which is open but On the game its strcit.

I'm glad someone else has been able to answer this, because that little lot meant nothing to me.

If it is a port-forwarding issue you have, the HH does have some game profiles built in, if the one you want is not there, they are easy to add.