DSL Router or Broadband Router??

A DSL router is a broadband router?

AJ

"Broadband router" and "cable/dsl router" mean the same thing, since cable and dsl are two (of many) broadband methods. d-Link makes good products. I have 2 of their routers sitting right next to me (although I prefer Linksys, for reasons that have nothing to do with using their routers as routers). About the only changes I'd make to the recommendation are 1) think about getting a wireless router. (You can also connect to it by wires, but you have the option of using wireless.) and 2) shop around. Circuit city isn't bad, but someone else may have the same router for a lower price.

There is no difference between a "Cable/DSL" router and a "Broadband" router.

It's just a different moniker.

Try simply disconnecting your XBOX from the router and see if the speed increases. If it does, then I would see if there are any updates available for the XBOX. That could solve your issue.

Try adjusting your MTU settings on your PC and router. Most routers come with an MTU of 1500. I have found that adjusting it to 1480 and 1484 for bandwidths of 1.5Mbps and faster improves my performance.

Here is a Microsoft Knowledge base article that addresses known issues with the xbox and xbox Live.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840419

I use the following program, Cablenut to tweak my MTU settings and the second link to determine what the settings should be for my computers.

http://www.cablenut.com/

http://www.j79zlr.com/cablenutXP2k.php

Cable and DSL are both broadband. What you have is already a broadband router.

If you are only using the computer and not the X-Box, it should have no effect on speed. Only if you are playing X-Box online and surfing the web or downloading.

If your hard wired to your router, you may want to check your cables. If one of the cables is kinked or broken (damaged) it could in effect hurt the other users experience. Comcast's bandwidth is normally between 4 - 8 mb/s. I couldn't imagine the xbox using all of it up.

DSL, Comcast, they're both broadband.

Sounds like your XBOX is using up all your bandwidth. Not much you can do there.

yes broadband should speed it up a little i would suggest turning off major programs on the computer it may be lagging up you connection online

It might or you could just be online with one device at a time.

its the same thing ... its probably how its configured ...