Reserved?

Today i was changing my gamertags an a few of the names i tried said they were reserved?. So i tried looking to see if anyone had the gamertag but nothing showed up?. So im guessing Microsoft reserved them for their self?

:)

 

Randomly getting disconnect from games and party

Okay, these connection issues are common and as with many networking problems the solutions can be different for everyone depending on the topology of your network.

The games being mentioned often with these issues are GTA V and Destiny. Knowing the reputation of GTA Online it is ENTIRELY possible that your dropped connections are due to issues on Rockstar's server side - a.k.a nothing is wrong with your network, just
theirs. It's something they've been working on since the launch of GTA Online and it plagues everyone.

The following are proven solutions I've used in the past to solve this sort of issue:

- Forward all of Xbox Live's ports on your router AND enable UPnP.

- [IMPORTANT] Create a RESERVED local IP address for your XBox via the MAC table.

- Renew your routers DHCP lease.

- Reset your routers NAT Tables to ensure you have an Open NAT.

- Disable any DNS settings not prescribed by your ISP.

If you have UPnP enabled the port forwarding is really just a failsafe. Clear your NAT tables now and again too. Rarely your DNS server configuration can lead to connection issues with Live, nonetheless reverting your DNS settings is a good measure to take.
The one thing you should take from that list though is creating the RESERVED local IP address for your XBox. If creating a reservedl IP for your XBox doesn't help, the issue is likely beyond your control and in the hands of the game developer's sys admins,
your ISP, or Xbox Live.

**It is important to note that establishing a reserved local IP address for your XBox in the MAC device table is VERY DIFFERENT from forcing a static public IP address -- these are two different things!**

If you run into any other network issues down the road, I recommend you try the steps I listed above as they are not wholly specific to this issue alone. Any questions you may have on how to perform any of these steps can be answered by me or by the Xbox
Support page, which details everything there is to know about resetting NAT tables and working with your specific router. They may not have the instructions on how to give your console a reserved internal address though, so feel free to PM me or use Google.

 

when somebody changes their gamer tag, the previous one is not made available straight away, also it could be taken by somebody using it for another part of Microsoft services, gamer tags are not only used for live.