GeOW2 Matchmaking problems?

Gears 2 is definately not one of the best matchmaking games. When you are lucky enough to find a game, you'll find that it lags like you wouldn't believe. If you have Gears 1, play that. If not, you can try playing Gears 2 online, or you could just stick to campaign and play online in one of your other games...

does your modem or wired router have a built in firewall? mine does and i found that with restricted NAT configuration you get those problems but i opened mine and now its finepenpusher

depends on the router but in general (and i dont know aobut independent modems but am assuming its a router anyway) get into your routers settings by opening a web browsers on a pc thats on your network and typing in the routers ip address (its usually 192.168.2.1 for most routers but if someone else has set it up check with them)

then you'll probs have to feel around for it cause different routers have different interfaces but youll usually find it some where inn the security section

keep in mind whilst thats open theres a slight increase of chance of outside attack, not too major a chance cause of the other security features on pcs but just so you know

EDIT: just checked me router settings, its in advanced sorry not security and mines setso that all fieldsyou can enter info in are blank which i assume means no restrictions are applied, dont know what happens if you disable the NAT module itself