Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25391954-20140906153606/@comment-25173123-20140911015410

When starting DaS I am pretty sure you have to be in XBL first before. You can't connect to XBL after having already been in game? You will have to go back to dashboard and come back to make sure you are actually connected to XBL. Did you do the check as I mentioned on you and your friends Bio/info on the friends list area? Do this next time if ever you are kicked off XBL and then reconnect. If you don't get the info popping up with years on XBL and such then you aren't really properly connected to XBL. Nor the game multiplayer.

Are you still doing the turning off of your router each day?

You might want to talk with your internet service provider and find out if they are doing anything with your lines in the area?

The IP address issue is just the most prevalent issue in your similar case. There could also be line issues that could equally cause similar effect. It has to do with your Line Attenuation. But not knowing your router type it would be difficult to tell you how to check it from here. But it is normally found in the ADSL configuration screen.

You can call your provider and see if anything is being worked in your area? But if you ask them about Line Attenuation then they might not have a clue? I had to show my service guy what it was and then he called back to his company and someone with more skill checked on it. (and fixed it on their end) This was when they were changing out lines in our area after some thieves decided to steal all the internet lines out of the junction boxes in the area. (yep... go figure) Here is a link that might help you understand a bit about it? http://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-considered-good-dsl-line-attenuation-371 (note: I am currently sitting at 23dB upstream from previous issue of having very high dB)

Not sure if you are in the states but I am guessing EU?

Also, I myself connect my Xbox 360 using cable and my PC uses wireless. I do this to maximize my speed opportunity for multiplayer games like BF3. (I have very slow speeds in my area and the last thing I need is wireless signal interruptions) Though nothing helps me with the lag I get while playing PvP on Dark Souls.

Keep monitoring your address everyday for the next 30 days and write down the address you use each day and make a log of your internet activity. This is something I do when having troubles and helps me identify what is occurring with my provider. (making sure they don't push down IPs or throttle my speed.)

I am assuming your router is firewalled and you are not sharing it with anyone? You can check your event log to see what hardware has been connecting with your router and when. And you can manually kick these guys from your router and disable their MAC being able to login. (though smart users can get around this... but smarter people can then take over their systems.ha)