Trouble connecting (XBOX 360)

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DownNDirty

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Some games for me will not work correctly in multiplayer. It seems all of the Rockstar games I have this problem with. I really want to play Red Dead Redemption online but I can't. I get connected to free roam about one out of every 5-6 tries and I never last longer than 5 minutes before I'm booted out.

I was always told to try to get the NAT to open. Well, I've tried the guide on portforward.com and a few other things and I've never been able to correctly get it for some reason or another.

I will try to give a step-by-step description of how I've got things laid out. When I move next month I won't have this problem more than likely because I'm going back to the good old cable modem which I can't get out here where I currently am.

Anyway, I have DSL out here through Century Link (used to be Embarq). The phone line from the wall has the DSL plug that runs straight into a Zyxel EQ-660R. This unit has a plug where the phone line goes in and one more plug for internet connection. So, I have a cable from that to my router which is a Netgear WGR614V7 router.

I thought maybe it was because it was having to pass through this Zyxel unit was the problem. So, I hooked the 360 STRAIGHT into the Zyxel modem and still had the same issue. Has anyone else had a similar problem? Or anyone that can give me a bit of advice here? I can take the tedious steps and retry to set up a static IP address again and do the port forwarding and all of that junk but I tried that a couple of times in the past and its never worked when I've tried it before.

Any help greatly appreciated - I want to play Red Dead online dang it!
 
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I would also check to see what kind of speeds you are getting with your DSL. Go to speakeasy.com and use the test there to see what speeds you are getting. It is possible that you just have a horrible connection.
 
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