can anyone else help with this? i have tried about 5 different things now and nothing works

hmmm, not due to a slow speed then

Lee, i have NTL and it's 8mb

what internet do u have? and what speed?

Yeah Topshot that is what i have done and everything is set up what is on the guide.

Live connects and works find until i go to play someone on a game. Works for 5-10 mins loses connection and i have restart the xbox

you should just be able to plug the PC into one of the ethernet ports on the router, and the xbox should go into a seperate ethernet port.
then it should connect fine,

here there is a useful guide on here, it helped me,
http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/XBoxLiveTheGuide3.php?title=My%20NAT%20Setting%20is%20Strict/Moderate%20what%20can%20I%20do

How do you mean topshot? the ethernet cable i have connects into the back of my router and goes to the Xbox.

The router is connected to my pc, and i have the NTL box connected to me router

plug an ethernet cable from router staright to Xbox. forget the PC. then just power up the 360 and the router and the 360 should be given an IP address.

no thats ip address not connection time

On my router settings that i can change on the PC i have something that says:

Lease Time > Forever

The length of time the DHCP server will reserve the IP address for each computer.

Is this correct?

Lee Wee that is how it is set up, and i leave my pc off as well.

I'm a total novice at these things

Steve how would i check that?

is your router set to keep connection active or reconnect after a certain period?

bad connection
u need to take it straight from the router to the xbox
modem---->router------>xbox
----->router------>pc

turn the pc off when ure on live as well

someone please?

I know i asked before etc but i finally managed to hook up to live via plugging an ethernet cable into the back of my router and using the connection that is on my PC.

I connect to LIVE fine and can use all the things associated with the Dashborad i.e download demos etc

When i go live on a game (Pro Evo 6, Fifa 07 and GOW) my can manage about 5-10 minutes at the most and it kicks me off. Now this isn't doing my rankings any good at all as it looks like i disconnect all the time but i don't my connection is lost.

Can anyone give me any advice on what i can do to correct this?

My router is a Belkin one and my internet is Via NTL