Having problems connecting with people on XBL.

My sister recently bought an Xbox 360 and I'm trying to invite her to a party or game and each time I do it won't let her and says that there may be network difficulties. Now, I was just at my dad's house (where she lives) the other day using my gamertag and harddrive and was having the same problem. I was trying to join up with a friend that I normally game with and it wouldn't work. We assumed that it was a problem with the router, tried changing a few settings but nothing worked, it still wouldn't let me join my friend's party. Then after about another 10 mins we tried it again and it suddenly worked, we played Left 4 Dead for several hours that night and again the next day with no problems.

Now I'm back at my apartment and am trying to invite my sister into a party and it's not working. Keep in mind that none of the settings on my dad's router were ever changed. I'm beginning to think it may be some kind of problem with Live itself, however there are typically threads on this website when that happens.

Anyway, if anyone has any answers/suggestions to this problem, your input will be greatly appreciated. I'm not an expert with routers or networking but I've tried everything I can think of with no luck.

My sister recently bought an Xbox 360 and I'm trying to invite her to a party or game and each time I do it won't let her and says that there may be network difficulties. Now, I was just at my dad's house (where she lives) the other day using my gamertag and harddrive and was having the same problem. I was trying to join up with a friend that I normally game with and it wouldn't work. We assumed that it was a problem with the router, tried changing a few settings but nothing worked, it still wouldn't let me join my friend's party. Then after about another 10 mins we tried it again and it suddenly worked, we played Left 4 Dead for several hours that night and again the next day with no problems.

Now I'm back at my apartment and am trying to invite my sister into a party and it's not working. Keep in mind that none of the settings on my dad's router were ever changed. I'm beginning to think it may be some kind of problem with Live itself, however there are typically threads on this website when that happens.

Anyway, if anyone has any answers/suggestions to this problem, your input will be greatly appreciated. I'm not an expert with routers or networking but I've tried everything I can think of with no luck.

chappy4310

Thanks everyone for your advice. I tried changing some of the settings on my own router last night. However, I don't think it's a problem with mine because I've gamed online with several friends and have never run into a problem. I also had my dad on the phone for over an hour changing some of the settings on his, but nothing worked. I hate technology sometimes :evil:. I like things to be simple haha.

imperial_agent: No, nothing is plugged into either 360 except for the power cord, TV cables, and ethernet cable.

Dredg11: I'm going to send you a PM with a couple more questions, if that's okay.