Thanks for your help Purleigh and answering my questions, really appreciate it. ... View more

Think Purliegh sums up why DMZ isn't always the best solution: Quote "As for DMZ,  I can't answer that because that will depend on how your router implements DMZ. The functionality and security of DMZ on a good quality router can be OK, but in many implementations is a security risk if the device in DMZ is permitted to access to your LAN subnet. If you don't understand how your router DMZ works, then don't !" ... View more

Quote from: purleigh @'Justin7' - As for port forwarding and being too lazy to do it, on my Xbox 360 setup I only needed to forward one port to allow full access to "Xbox Live" without any NAT limitations (on the most secure setting) - despite the Xbox online help stating that you need to open/forward four port numbers. Hi Purleigh, Thanks for these tips, exactly what i'm looking for now i've just upgraded to fibre and got myself a new router (D-link 868L). Is any of your advice ADSL specific and not required on a fibre connection? I only ask as i believe you can't manually request changing interleaving on fibre? I also have an xbox 360 (not upgraded to the One yet though). Out of interest, what port is that one port that you have forwarded? I have followed the port forward page here and put in all those ports. As a consequence of reading the Plusnet firewall options and not wanting it to block any of those ports, i have it turned off. However am a bit concerned over security because of that. http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DIR-868L/Xbox_Live_360.htm Finally i'm not really sure what ipv6 is. My router has options for them but i haven't touched them yet, but as I don't have an xbox one yet, do i even need it? Had a quick skim read of the microsoft presentation you linked to, but i don't know if Plusnet is providing an IPv6 service? Thanks ... View more

Quote from: Kelly We aren't really sure what;s going on with Fifa.  It could be Level3, it could be the game itself.   BT are seeing the same issues I think: https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity-Speed-Connection/BT-Infinity-and-Fifa-routing-issues-continued/td-p/1130818/page/66 Again another thread exposing issues with Level3... sounds very familiar now. As per the posts here: http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,130714.msg1140623.html#msg1140623 We're still due an update on this Level3 fiasco Kelly, what are Plusnet doing about it as we hear nothing other than "we're trying to do something..."? ... View more

Think the only way to resolve the FIFA 2014 lag is to move to another provider... ... View more

Quote from: Kelly We've raised it with them and they don't think there is a problem.   Issue is still open on our side. It's been 2 weeks, any updates or progress on this? ... View more

think i've found the spot in the members centre where the profile info is, although it wasn't easy to find. Wouldn't mind an answer to my other questions as to why it gets out of sync. ... View more

Maybe a stupid question but where can the user check their plusnet IP profile? I'm guessing the BT profile is shown when using the BT speedtester? How is it that these get out of line, is there not an automated process to refresh and sync these every so often? ... View more

This has now been fixed due to the latest title update patch (not too sure of the version no. but it downloaded on Friday last week). Think the patch loosened the search by region parameters. Can now find games in < 5 seconds and at under 50ms of lag, which is what i expect since my ping is ~20ms according to pingtest.net. Thanks infinityward! Hope this fixes it for everyone else with this issue, particularly the smaller European countries, where the issue was more prevalent. ... View more

Thanks for the reply Chris. Just out of interest which Plusnet package are you on and what router do you use? Which system are you playing on? I figured it probably was an IW issue, but was keen to rule out ISP as that's who they'd blame in the first instance, before accepting responsibility for a fault. Hope they get this fixed soon as its getting annoying now. Cheers. ... View more

Hi Stuart, So far haven't noticed any hackers. Infinity seem to be on the case of patching issues much faster than they were in MW2. Am also annoyed about them using P2P instead of dedicated hosts, even on consoles. The excuse it will cost too much is rubbish, given the amount of money they have raked in on the product. What you saying is interesting, unfortunately i can't see the IP info, due to playing on xbox. Could it be due to not having a static IP? @ Chris - do you have any info for us on routing and why this may be occurring? Cheers. ... View more

Interesting tale Stuart, i have also noticed in the past that i often got connected with French speaking players rather than UK (despite having "local" search only selected on Black ops). Strange how when using your mates connection it's much improved in terms of both speed and locale. Also shows it's not a platform specific issue either. PlusNet got any idea as to why this is happening? (p.s. just to confirm Stuart that you did mean MW2 rather than MW3?) ... View more

Think Black Ops had the same/similar searching/matchmaking issues when it first came out so hope it's something that can be patched. Never have an issue finding games on MW2 or BO. ... View more

Have my xbox in a DMZ to get open NAT, should be the same for PS3. Instructions copied from another thread: This issue is likely to be caused by your router.  It might be an idea to see if you get the same issue when your is in the DMZ.  To configure this you should: •Login to your router at http://192.168.1.254/ . Username: Admin Password: <<Your router serial number>> •Choose "Home Network" •Choose "Devices" •Choose "Assign the public IP address of a connection to a device" and choose the MAC/IP address of the PS3 in the drop down box (ensure you don't put select the MAC of the pc or you will be open to viruses as the DMZ opens all ports - fine for a games console). Hope this helps ... View more