Need Help w/WRT330n, prioritizing Gaming Packets!

I got this router for one main reason: Because it can prioritize gaming packets right? So that means while i'm playing Quake 2 railz or TF2, my latency and packetloss won't be so bad while downloading torrents, or having other people on my network, right? How exactly do I do this, which option? port forwarding? port triggering? QoS? I am using a WIRED connection via PPPoE. Some basic guidance would be greatly apreciated I've tried port triggering, it didn't seem to work well... So far what i've noticed when downloading and gaming is that my latency doesn't go up, but I get huge lag spikes every 8-10 seconds. Thanks everybody!

You need to change the settings in the torrent as they are using up your bandwidth.
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BACKGROUND INFO (Questions listed below)
I need some help figuring out the best hardware configuration for a new laptop. I’m a student at a design school and I will be using the laptop to mainly run After Effects and to a lesser extent Photoshop and Illustrator. I don’t need to worry about 3D rendering software or Premier Pro. I am primarily interested in getting the best performance during editing. I am not looking for the best performance for final output. I would prefer to sacrifice final output times for better editing/interface performance.
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I’ve been reading up on optimal hardware configurations for CS5 but my understanding is still a little foggy and I would like to use this thread to figure out how to build the best machine for my budget. The budget is about $1400 to $1600 CANADIAN after tax.
I DON’T need help finding the laptop. I will search for it on my own. I just need to understand the best hardware to purchase within my budget.
I realize that it is probably impossible to buy the laptop I want with the hardware configuration I need “off the shelf”. Instead I will be looking for a good base model (~$900-$1100) and I will purchase the necessary hardware upgrades separately. I will not be purchasing a Mac.
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- Mid to high end i5 processor OR entry level i7 quad core
- 8GB RAM (I would go to 12GB, but it’s hard to find a 15”-16” laptop with 3 memory slots)
- SSD to replace HDD (However, if possible, I would like a laptop with dual HDD support or swap the optical drive for another HDD. If I had access to 2 drives, I would have and HDD/SSD combo).
- Medium/high end NVIDIA GPU to take advantage of OpenGL while editing.
QUESTIONS
1) Does the “Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously” option enhance general editing performance (applying filters, scrubbing through the timeline, reverting history states)? Or does it ONLY help speed up RAM previews and final output? Does it reduce the length of RAM previews?
1b) Is this option even necessary to enable on 64bit systems? (As far as I understand it was used to solve a problem where 32bit systems/software would only recognize 4GB of RAM per instance of AE).
1c) If I turn this option on to help with RAM previews, would I be hindering general editing performance in any way? Or does this option have basically zero drawbacks?
2) How come “Actual CPUs that will be used” will read 0 even if the sum total of RAM assigned to the CPUs plus the RAM reserved for other applications is less than the total available system RAM (on a 64bit system)? For example, I currently have 4GB RAM and 2 installed CPUs. I have 1.5GB reserved for other programs and when I set 0.75GB per CPU both CPUs are used. However when I set 1GB per CPU then 0 CPUs are used, even though the total RAM adds up to only 3.5GB.
CPU
3.) Considering the fact that I am more concerned with smooth performance while editing rather than final output speeds, would it be better to get a dual core i5 clocked around 2.5 or a quad core i7 clocked around 1.8?
4.) What is the difference between an i3 and an i5 processor even if they are clocked at the same speed? How does an i5 460M compare on the grand scheme of things?
RAM
6.) Should the quantity of RAM that I get (8GB vs 12GB) be based on the number of cores in my CPU? If so, how should I be calculating optimal RAM based on # of cores. Should I also be counting threads, or just actual physical cores?
STORAGE/SWAP
7.) Should I replace the HDD with an SSD? I'm looking for snappy interface performance while editing. I would think that if the RAM fills up it would be best to have the SSD for scratch/cache.
8.) What performance benchmarks are most important when considering an SSD for After Effects? (4k writes? IOs per second? Max read/write?)
9.) I can afford the OCZ Vertex2 120GB SSD. Would this be a good choice if an SSD is recommended?
10.) Would it be better to have 8GB of RAM and an SSD, or 12GB of RAM and an HDD? Explain why.
GPU
10.) After Effects utilizes OpenGL to enhance editing performance. I will not really be using Premier Pro, so catering to the CUDA Mercury Engine is not a concern. Do high end gaming cards provide significant gains in OpenGL performance? Or do OpenGL performance gains taper off around the mid-range GPUs? (i.e. can you justify buying a high end GTX 260M graphics card for enhanced editing performance versus an "entry level" dedicated card like the 310M?)
11.) What hardware specs are most important when considering a GPU for editing performance in AE? (Memory size? # of Pixel shaders? Core speed? Shader speed?)
Thanks so much for any answers you can offer to these questions.

Please make sure that you've read through this page and what it points to.
> 1) Does the “Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously” option
enhance general editing performance (applying filters, scrubbing through
the timeline, reverting history states)? Or does it ONLY help speed up
RAM previews and final output? Does it reduce the length of RAM
previews?
It only increases rendering speed for RAM previews and rendering for final output. In After Effects CS5, it doesn't decrease the length of RAM previews. (In CS4, it does.)
1b) Is this option even necessary to enable on 64bit
systems? (As far as I understand it was used to solve a problem where
32bit systems/software would only recognize 4GB of RAM per instance of
AE).
You misunderstood. Yes, it's still relevant on 64-bit computers. Moreso, in a way. (I'd rather not spend my entire Sunday writing out detailed answers to satisfy idle curiosity, so I'm not going to give all the technical detail to that answer.)
> 1c) If I turn this option on to help with RAM previews,
would I be hindering general editing performance in any way? Or does
this option have basically zero drawbacks?
It takes a small but nonzero time for the background processes to start up when they need to be used and shut down when they're done. And as they sit waiting, they take up a little bit of memory. So, it's not exactly correct to say that there are no downsides to leaving it on. But it's close. I leave it on.
> 2) How come “Actual CPUs that will be used” will read 0 even
if the sum total of RAM assigned to the CPUs plus the RAM reserved for
other applications is less than the total available system RAM (on a
64bit system)? For example, I currently have 4GB RAM and 2 installed
CPUs. I have 1.5GB reserved for other programs and when I set 0.75GB per
CPU both CPUs are used. However when I set 1GB per CPU then 0 CPUs are
used, even though the total RAM adds up to only 3.5GB.
4GB - 1.5GB for other software leaves 2.5 GB for After Effects.
If you have 1GB assigned per background CPU, then the foreground takes 1.2x that = 1.2GB. That leaves 1.3GB for background processes, which is enough for one background process. There's no point in starting only one background process to do rendering, so it doesn't bother. (Note: When background processes are rendering, the foreground process isn't rendering.)
> 3.) Considering the fact that I am more concerned with
smooth performance while editing rather than final output speeds, would
it be better to get a dual core i5 clocked around 2.5 or a quad core i7
clocked around 1.8?
Get the quad-core. That gives you a greater total number of cycles. And After Effects works very well with mutliple processors, even beyond Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing. An entirely unrelated sort of multiprocessing (multithreading) spreads work out to multiple processors.
> 6.) Should the quantity of RAM that I get (8GB vs 12GB) be based on the number of cores in my CPU? If
so, how should I be calculating optimal RAM based on # of cores. Should
I also be counting threads, or just actual physical cores?
The optimum amount is the amount that you can cram into the computer. I'm not kidding. Spend your budget on RAM until you have 4GB installed per processor (and I'm counting the virtual processors due to hyperthreading). If you have a quad-core, that's 8 CPUs with hyperthreading, so the optimum amount of RAM installed is 32GB. You can work with less, but you did ask about optimum. For HD work (i.e., 1920 pixels across), you're OK with more like 3GB installed per CPU. That's what I have at home: 24GB in a quad-core. You're going to assign 2/3 or so of the RAM to After Effects, so 3GB installed per CPU is 2GB per core for HD work in After Effects.
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12GB of RAM. Because After Effects likes RAM. (If you're thinking of deliberatly using virtual memory to swap memory to the hard disk, don't. That's a performance killer.)
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Not really. If you're on a limited budget, don't even think about the GPU until you've already got the most RAM, the fastest CPUs, the largest number of CPUs, two fast hard disks, and a couple of good monitors. Then, and only then, should you even consider getting soemthing beyond a non-stock graphics card. Yes, OpenGL can be used to accelerate some things, but that's only for the low-fidelity preview renderer. (Pardon the bluntness, but I want to make sure that you heed this.)

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SSS has failed with the following exception: Access is denied.
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Excel service is already running on sharepoint server.
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This is my first time, so pls guide me
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http://../training/sptestsite/Medication_Audit_Report
http://../training/sptestsite/Medication_Audit_Data_Connection_Library/
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Trusted Data Connection Libraries - is this place do i need to save connection file .odc ?
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Trusted Data Connection Libraries = http://../training/sptestsite/Medication_Audit_Data_Connection_Library/
http://../training/sptestsite/Medication_Audit_Report -- Here only reporting file will be uploaded right?
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my email address - [email protected]
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Firewall is OFF on the server, allow ALL,
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aaa new-model
aaa authentication dot1x default group radius
radius-server host 129.174.2.7 auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key 123456
interface FastEthernet0/39
description windows 2003 Supplicant
switchport access vlan 401
switchport mode access
dot1x port-control auto
no spanning-tree portfast (does not matter if this is enable or disable)
lab-sw-1#
.May 20 07:52:47.334: dot1x-packet:Received an EAP request packet from EAP for mac 0000.0000.0000
.May 20 07:52:47.338: dot1x-packet:dot1x_mgr_send_eapol :EAP code: 0x1 id: 0x2 length: 0x0005 type: 0x1 data:
.May 20 07:52:47.338: EAPOL pak dump Tx
.May 20 07:52:47.338: EAPOL Version: 0x2 type: 0x0 length: 0x0005
.May 20 07:52:47.338: EAP code: 0x1 id: 0x2 length: 0x0005 type: 0x1
.May 20 07:52:47.338: dot1x-packet:dot1x_txReq: EAPOL packet sent out for the default authenticator
lab-sw-1#
lab-sw-1#sh dot1x interface f0/39
Dot1x Info for FastEthernet0/39
PAE                       = AUTHENTICATOR
PortControl               = AUTO
ControlDirection          = Both
HostMode                  = SINGLE_HOST
Violation Mode            = PROTECT
ReAuthentication          = Disabled
QuietPeriod               = 60
ServerTimeout             = 30
SuppTimeout               = 30
ReAuthPeriod              = 3600 (Locally configured)
ReAuthMax                 = 2
MaxReq                    = 2
TxPeriod                  = 30
RateLimitPeriod           = 0
lab-sw-1#
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help me how to make this work.
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#1: dot1x system-auth-control is already in the switch configuration
#2: Not sure if you're already aware, the minute I entered "dot1x port-control auto", the command "dot1x pae authenticator" automatically appears on the interface configuration
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Need help [JS]: select images/captions in InD, switch to Bridge and write to XMP

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It's built as an indesign script, then follows the procedure to create a script object to send to bridge. When it runs, the indesign portion works fine, but nothing happens in bridge.
The script is below, with comments.
Can someone help!? Thanks.
// This is the InDesign portion of the script, which was tested separately and is working fine. Right now, for testing purposes, the data from this portion isn't even used by the later Bridge portion but once I get the bridge part together, it will use those variables.
#target "indesign-5.0"
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if(app.selection.length != 0){
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$.writeln(myCaption);
break;
default:
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$.writeln(myLink);
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// the script itself is almost completely a lifted from the SnpModifyMetadta sample from the Bridge sdk
// it basically finds a certain image file and modifies the description metatata. i hardcoded the caption text and image path just for testing- eventually i would like it to use the variables from indesign.
// this script works fine as-is when run in the original Bridge scripting context.
// the method here of concatenating and sending the myScript string works fine when i use a different (smaller) script. so i can't tell why it's not working!?
var myScript = "function SnpModifyMetadata()";
myScript += "{";
myScript += " this.requiredContext = \"Needs to run in Bridge, \nwith a selection of a file, \nideally with some metadata\";";
myScript += "}";
myScript += "SnpModifyMetadata.prototype.run = function()";
myScript += "{";
myScript += " if(!this.canRun())";
myScript += " {";
myScript += " return false;";
myScript += " }";
myScript += " if( xmpLib == undefined )";
myScript += " {";
myScript += " if( Folder.fs == \"Windows\" )";
myScript += " {";
myScript += " var pathToLib = Folder.startup.fsName + \"/AdobeXMPScript.dll\";";
myScript += " }";
myScript += " else";
myScript += " {";
myScript += " var pathToLib = Folder.startup.fsName + \"/AdobeXMPScript.framework\";";
myScript += " }";
myScript += " var libfile = new File( pathToLib );";
myScript += " var xmpLib = new ExternalObject(\"lib:\" + pathToLib );";
myScript += " }";
myScript += " $.writeln(\"About to run SnpModifyXML\");";
myScript += " var thumb = new Thumbnail(Folder(\"/Macintosh HD/Users/hearstuser/Desktop/BridgeScriptImages/orion_stack copy 6.psd\"));";
myScript += " if(thumb.hasMetadata)";
myScript += " {";
myScript += " var md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;";
myScript += " var xmp = new XMPMeta(md.serialize());";
myScript += " $.writeln(\"SnpModifyXML: About to modify XMP data for \" + thumb.name);";
myScript += " $.writeln(\"XMP packet before modifications:\");";
myScript += " $.writeln(\"-------------------------------------------------\");";
myScript += " $.writeln(xmp.dumpObject());";
myScript += " xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP, \"Description\");";
myScript += " xmp.setProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP, \"Description\", \"hoThereHeyThere\");";
myScript += " var d = new XMPDateTime(new Date());";
myScript += " d.convertToLocalTime();";
myScript += " xmp.setProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP, \"ModifyDate\", d, XMPConst.XMPDATE);";
myScript += " $.writeln(\"XMP packet af

Recently I received an e-mail from a user asking me to remake the script I had posted here a while ago.
I rechecked my previous post and found a couple of serious mistakes. So I revised it according to what he asked. Each page in his InDesign document contains one image and one text frame with description.
At start the script checks the selection. If nothing is selected it processes all pages in the document. In case two objects are selected – it checks whether one of them text frame and the other a rectangle and if the rectangle contains an image, then it reads the contents of the text frame, replacing hard and soft returns with spaces and writes this text to the corresponding image’s description field.
In the end, it updates all links and saves the file.
The script works both on Mac and PC, assuming that CS3 installed in the default location so long as it depends on libraries:
/C/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Bridge CS3/AdobeXMPScript.dll (on PC)
/Applications/Adobe Bridge CS3/Bridge CS3.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeXMPScript.framework (on MAC)
So, if necessary, correct these lines.
Here is my script in case somebody is interested:
#target indesign
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var mySelection = app.selection;
if (mySelection.length == 0) {
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else if (mySelection.length == 1) {
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    exit();
else if (mySelection.length == 2) {
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        if (mySelection[0].constructor.name == "TextFrame" && mySelection[1].images.length == 1) {
            var myTextFrame = mySelection[0];
            var myImage = mySelection[1].images[0];
            var myCaption = ReplaceReturnWithSpace(myTextFrame.contents);
            var myPath = new File(myImage.itemLink.filePath).absoluteURI;
        else if (mySelection[1].constructor.name == "TextFrame" && mySelection[0].images.length == 1) {
            var myTextFrame = mySelection[1];
            var myImage = mySelection[0].images[0];
            var myCaption = ReplaceReturnWithSpace(myTextFrame.contents);
            var myPath = new File(myImage.itemLink.filePath).absoluteURI;
    catch(e) {
        alert("Something wrong with your selection.\nError: " + e.message);
        exit();
    CreateBridgeTalkMessage(myCaption, myPath);
else if (mySelection.length > 2) {
    alert("One image and one textframe should be selected.");
    exit();
UpdateAllOutdatedLinks();
myDoc.save();
alert("All done.");
//+++++++++++++++++++ FUNCTIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++
function CreateBridgeTalkMessage(myCaption, myPath) {
    var bt = new BridgeTalk();
    bt.target = "bridge";
    var myScript = WriteCaption.toString() + '\r';
    myScript += 'WriteCaption(\"' + myCaption + '\", \"' + myPath + '\");';
    bt.body = myScript;
    bt.send();
function WriteCaption(myCaption, myPath) {
    if( xmpLib == undefined ) {
        if( Folder.fs == "Windows") {
            var pathToLib = "/C/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Bridge CS3/AdobeXMPScript.dll";
        else {
            var pathToLib = "/Applications/Adobe Bridge CS3/Bridge CS3.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeXMPScript.framework";
        var libfile = new File( pathToLib );
        var xmpLib = new ExternalObject("lib:" + pathToLib );
    var thumb = new Thumbnail (File (myPath));
    if (thumb.hasMetadata) {
        var md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;
        var xmp = new XMPMeta(md.serialize());
        xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP, "Description");
        xmp.setProperty(XMPConst.NS_XMP, "Description", myCaption);
        var updatedPacket = xmp.serialize(XMPConst.SERIALIZE_OMIT_PACKET_WRAPPER | XMPConst.SERIALIZE_USE_COMPACT_FORMAT);
        thumb.metadata = new Metadata(updatedPacket);
function ProcessPages() {
    var myPages = myDoc.pages;
    for (i = 0; i < myPages.length; i++) {
        var myPage = myPages[i];
        if (myPage.textFrames.length == 1 && myPage.rectangles.length == 1) {
            if (myPage.rectangles[0].graphics.length == 1) {
            var a = myPage.rectangles[0];
                var myImage = myPage.rectangles[0].graphics[0];
                var myPath = new File(myImage.itemLink.filePath).absoluteURI;
                var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames[0];
                var myCaption = ReplaceReturnWithSpace(myTextFrame.contents);
                CreateBridgeTalkMessage(myCaption, myPath);
function ReplaceReturnWithSpace(myString) {
    myString = myString.replace( /\n/g , " " );
    myString = myString.replace( /\r/g , " " );
    return myString;
function UpdateAllOutdatedLinks() {
    for(var myCounter = myDoc.links.length-1; myCounter >= 0; myCounter--){
        var myLink = myDoc.links[myCounter];
        if (myLink.status == LinkStatus.linkOutOfDate){
            myLink.update();
If somebody interested in developing this script further, do not hesitate to post here your feedback.
Kasyan

Need help mac question

i need help
i am going to buy the new macbook with
mac osx v10.5 leopard
(1)can i update the mac to mac osx v10.5.5 without buying the mac osx v10.5.5 cd
(2)i want to know if the the games guitar hero call of duty and medal of honor will work on my macbook ihave
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
320gb hard drive
guitar hero 3+aerosmith:
System Requirements
Mac OS X v10.4.11 or v10.5.4 or later
2GHz or faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.33GHz recommended); does not support PowerPC processors
1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
7.1GB free hard-disk space + 1GB swap file
Video card: ATI Radeon X1600 or nVidia GeForce 7300
Video memory (VRAM): 128MB (256MB recommended)
DVD-ROM drive
Internet or LAN connection (for Internet or multiplayer gaming)
Macintosh mouse and keyboard
Supported video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800; NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500; ATI Radeon X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
call of duty 4:
System Requirements
Mac OS v10.5.4 or later
2Ghz or faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor
1GB of RAM
9GB free hard-disk space
ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX7300 video card
128MB of VRAM
DVD drive
Mouse and keyboard
Broadband or LAN connection for multiplayer mode
Supported video cards: ATI Radeon X1600, X1900; Radeon HD 2400, 2600; NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 8600, 8800; GeForce Quadro FX 4500
medal of honor war chest:
System Requirements
Operating system: Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
CPU processor: PowerPC G4/G5 or later
CPU speed: 800Mhz minimum, 1Ghz or faster recommended
Memory: 256MB recommended
Hard disk Space: 2.6GB free disk space
Video card (ATI): ATI Radeon 7500 or better
Video card (NVidia): GeForce2 MX or better
Video memory (VRAM): 32 MB or higher
Media required: DVD drive for installation and play

The answer to (1) is yes. for OSX, there hasn't yet been a full-number release (they're all v10). Point releases come out every couple years or so, and usually cost about $130. So if you had 10.4 and wanted to upgrade to 10.5, you'd have to buy it. But updated numbers after the second point are free. So if you have 10.5, then 10.5.5 is a free download.
Question (2) I'm less sure about, but I would guess that all of those games would probably work. They don't list the particular video card in the Macbook as "Supported", but it's newer than the cards listed. All the other requirements are met.
From the requirements listed, I would guess that "medal of honor war chest" is a PPC game, which means it will probably run on the Intel Macbook, but under emulation. I think usually the newer Intels are fast enough that running PPC stuff under emulation should be fine, but I don't do much of that so I can't speak from experience.
I sometimes install Windows on a second partition on my Macs so I can dual boot, just for games. So there's that option too.

Need help with a WRT54GS V5.1

i need help with my WRT54GS V5.1 wireless router. it cannot connect to the internet and i don't know why. at the moment i have to use an ethernet cable coming from a virgin media modem. information that might be usefull. one of the antennas on the router is broke i am using windows vista on a toshiba laptop. the model is WRT54GS V5.1 thanks for people who help note: i am only 13 so somethings you say i might not understand.

Access Setup page of router .....
Click wireeless tab .... have a note of the wireless settings on that page .... Please click on the tab "Application and gaming" and click on sub
tab "Port range forwarding"
1) On the first line in Application box type in "Xbox", in start box
type in 88, in end box type in 88, in protocol keep it both, in ip
address type in 192.168.1.20 and give a check mark on enable box.
2)   On the second line in Application box type in "Xbox", in start box
type in 3074, in end box type in 3074, in protocol keep it both, in ip
address type in 192.168.1.20 and give a check mark on enable box.
3) Now save the settings
4) Once you return to the setup page, click on the tab "Administration"
and disable the UPNP and save the settings.
5) Now assign the given ip address on your xbox
   ip address :- 192.168.1.20
   subnet mask :- 255.255.255.0
   default gateway :- 192.168.1.1
Please assign the dns address on the xbox
primary dns :- 4.2.2.2
secondary dns :- 192.168.1.1
6) Please try to test your xbox live.

Need help with Laptop decision

I am sorry about the length of this post, but I really need help. I am trying to buy a laptop and what should be a really exciting prospect (buying my first laptop) is turning into a nightmare that just about had me in tears over the weekend.
My budget is not big - 600 absolute max, but would prefer to spend a bit less than this.
I do mainly office work (Word, Excel, Databases and PowerPoint) and also some Photoshop work. I also play a strategy game called Caesar 3. I very much want to load my copy of XP on the machine, either replacing Vista or as a partition.
Looking through the models available in my price range and looking up the benchmarks I have found the following:
Most have processors like the Intel T5250 or T5450 or the AMD TL 58, which are all benchmarked as ok, but not great. A few have the AMD TL 60, which is a bit better and one or two have the Intel T7200 which is even better.
On the bulk of the machines the graphics cards are either the ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 or the Intel GMA X3100. Both of these are benchmarked as not great and the review says that they cannot handle strategy games. A few of the models have the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 or HD 2400XT and one or two have the HD 2600.
The problem is that the models that have the better processor have the lower rated graphics card and those that have both don't have XP drivers, as far as I can see.
Don't mind a 15.4'' screen (although the 17.1'' would be very nice to have) and would like a reasonably big hard drive (160 +). I will be getting 2GB of RAM.
I am at my wits end. I don't want to buy a computer that will end up taking a minute or more to refresh a screen when you have more than two things open, or that you have to keep rebooting to get it to work. I want to be able to play my one and only game (Caesar III) which is a strategy game and I want to be able to work in Photoshop and perhaps have one or two other things open at the same time, like a website perhaps.
Please help me, anyone. Am I asking for the impossible? I can't get hold of an email address for Toshiba to try to get clarity from them on the issue of drivers and whether they will be made available in the future.
Then there is of course the retailer issue as each retailer only stocks a limited number of models and one has to choose between those.
I hope someone can help me!!

Hi
The problem is that you want to buy an all-round notebook but dont want to spend much money.
Additionally you want to change the OS to XP and need the XP drivers.
Well this is very hard decision buddy ;)
A notebook for gaming equipped with the power full graphic card cost a little bit more as 600
So you have to take a decision; Do you want to buy an gaming notebook and spend more as 600 or you will take an notebook which is great for a common usage like DVD watching, working with Office software, etc
The Cesar game is not known to me but I presume it doesnt need a high performance graphic card and it should run on a normal notebook too.
I think a Satellite a200 is not bad choice for you because some A200 notebooks were delivered with the Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor and a NVIDIA GeForce graphic card.
And very important is that all XP drivers were already released ;)

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