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Subject: Opening NAT for Dummies 2: Pimp Out Your Xbox Live for Halo Reach!

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Posted by: HELLFIRE4494
A great tutorial Master Chef however when even followed religiously to every single character it still does not resolve my strict NAT settings! Since i have a NAt modem and a NAT router i have applied all the instructions to both machines. The modem is the Siemens SpeedStream-4200 and the router is the D-Link DIR-320.
However to clear some space i have successfully made my xbox's IP static and had it connect right through to the wide world of internet.
though after that, that's when things start to get hay-wire.
My first approach was to do the forward ports and put in ports 53,80,88,1863 and 3074 (1863 was recommended by PortForward.com) to both the modem and router. i turned off UPnP and started the xbox live network connection test. however it said that my NAT settings was still strict! So then i endeavored to turn on DMZ MAKING sure i first turned off the forward ports as they "cancel each other out" redid the test and the same strict result came out.

Oh and mind you before i i made the xbox's IP static the modem and router allready had UPnP enabled so that is another reason why i turned UPnP off and did not try that method in the first place. on this setting my NAT setting was moderate BUT NOT OPEN >:(

Now i am absolutely clueless as what to do now as iv been trying to fix this NAT issue for well over 12 hours now (no joke)and this absolutely phenomenally huge reply is my last attempt on defeating NAT FOREVER!

btw i'd be amazed if anyone actually read this entire reply :O


Whoa whoa whoa you're doing something I never covered in the guide, having a master and slave router, if what you're implying is true. The 'modem' is a modem/router right? It has 4 Ethernet ports out back? Plug the xbox into that one to simplify the situation and just make the xbox a dmz on that. I'm thinking your 'router' is the wifi emitter. If you wanted to run your xbox through your wi-fi, look up master and slave port forwarding on google. I did, and I gave up on it for this approach.

  • 01.08.2011 5:08 AM PDT

ahhh ok lol well my modem doesn't have 4 ethernet connections only 1 and a usb connection. what i have done though was connect the computer to the modem via the usb connection therfore freeing up that ethernet connection, then i directly connected the xbox to that ethernet connection ruling out any interference with the router as it now not connected to anything. i re did the IP address and gateway address (as when connected to the router it was 192.168.0.78 which is now 10.1.1.5 when connected to modem) allocated the DMZ to the xbox's IP and what ya know same problem occurs. i will now check if UPnP and thaat port forwarding method works right now

*EDIT just checked if port forward and UPnP works and suprise suprise they dont. i have a slight feeling that the fact that my gateway setting of 10.1.1.1 (which is default) might do something?

[Edited on 01.08.2011 8:48 PM PST]

  • 01.08.2011 6:02 PM PDT

This guide didn't helped me to open my NAT.

  • 01.10.2011 11:29 AM PDT

“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” - Voltaire

how would i go about re-opening my nat?

  • 01.10.2011 4:18 PM PDT

Anyone using netgear routers i've tried several times and failed this guide i found took 10 minutes and was successful.

http://forums.xbox.com/35023793/PrintPost.aspx

  • 01.11.2011 4:16 AM PDT

These were the ports I was instructed to open by 360 support.
Iventel-LIVEBOX
TCP-53
TCP-80
TCP-1863
TCP-3074

UDP-53
UDP-88
UDP-1863
UDP-3074
Use the allocated IP for your console then check the UPnP is enabled. (only port UDP-3074 will be showing in the UPnP table this is irrelevent -apparently.)
-note- each port must be labelled name1, name2 etc in the manual service box

  • 01.11.2011 6:47 AM PDT

i did everything as you instructed but my nat score only went up to moderate from strict.

  • 01.11.2011 9:51 AM PDT

anyone? and i know about upnp, but when i enable it my conection goes back down to strict

  • 01.11.2011 11:07 AM PDT

really i need the help please

  • 01.11.2011 11:27 AM PDT

jimbob kill you

I played on moderate for ages and it worked fine but if you're really fussed get an it specialist. I finally got mine open with dmz, ports 80, 88 and the other one open, and Unpn or whatever, with all three things i finally got open...what router are you using?

  • 01.12.2011 9:43 AM PDT

B-Boy Disconnect From Area 51 Break Dance crew
Montreal ,Qc(CANADA)
(Watta Team)
disconect , Dr Killer
Sykore , Alazd3ath
Deathuman

(Warning??????????)

What about in my Upstream say (Warning) in Halo Reach.
I dont understant i got 30mb of download and 8mb of Upload.
Direct to the modem with all your Nat set up .
If you have a clue what it might be .

Nat say -OPEN
Packlets -LOw Exelent


[Edited on 01.12.2011 10:29 AM PST]

  • 01.12.2011 10:26 AM PDT

Hi

i have good connection on xbox. when i play halo reach multiplayer (matchmaking) I get "halo reach server is unavailable at this time' . i have a open NAT and a good connection but still it wont connect and let me play multiplayer.

whats the problem???

  • 01.12.2011 10:42 AM PDT

Awesome. Sticky this.

  • 01.13.2011 8:56 AM PDT

thanks alot dude I got it done
port forwarding helped alot too
it made my connection better for reach
but still black ops circulates around red bar, yellow bar, and 3 bar green connections :(
Help me with that?

  • 01.14.2011 12:19 AM PDT

Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?

I tried everything to open my NAT, just couldn't get my head around it. Then I bought the Wireless N adapter and all is solved

  • 01.16.2011 9:39 AM PDT

PLEASE BUNGIE, BAN ANYONE FOR BEING A HACKER/ ANYONE SUSPECTED OF BEING A HACKER!!!
I CANT STAND IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!

  • 01.16.2011 6:23 PM PDT

which provider are you using(i.e. netgear, linsys,etc..)

  • 01.16.2011 10:23 PM PDT

On my router I open these to get the open NAT
besides the normal 55,80,88,3074
I had to open 10243 TCP, 1900 UDP, 2869 TCP
and the range from 10280 thru 10284 UDP

For me at least with out the last range opened , No NAT joy.

  • 01.17.2011 2:15 AM PDT

Is it necessary for me to set a static IP address for my computer in order for this to work? It seems that just doing it on the xbox and the router would do the trick, but I noticed this section in your guide. Will setting a static IP address for one computer affect the rest of the network?

Thanks

  • 01.19.2011 6:05 PM PDT

Just for your Xbox IP, choose something at about 2/3 the range available (likely 2 -> 100) so you don't (hopefully) get conflicts. Then only open ports to that IP.

  • 01.19.2011 11:56 PM PDT

"Teabagging is for homos"

-Frankie

All this is moot if you get some crappy host from New Zealand

[Edited on 01.20.2011 12:17 AM PST]

  • 01.19.2011 11:59 PM PDT

I am part of the gaming community UEG, feel like joining contact me and i will get you in.

ha ha i had an open on before all of this

  • 01.20.2011 6:19 AM PDT

My xbox disconnected itself last night and told me to open port
3074, which i did. And now my NAT is open! :) (I hadn't bothered to sort it for a while)

My question is, would you recommend that i open the other ports you mentioned as well (80,88,53) or does it not really matter now that NAT is open (i.e. what do they do).


Thanks, great post


[Edited on 01.26.2011 10:15 AM PST]

  • 01.26.2011 10:08 AM PDT

kevin

wat about mac?

  • 01.26.2011 11:49 AM PDT


Posted by: Twisted Raven
My xbox disconnected itself last night and told me to open port
3074, which i did. And now my NAT is open! :) (I hadn't bothered to sort it for a while)

My question is, would you recommend that i open the other ports you mentioned as well (80,88,53) or does it not really matter now that NAT is open (i.e. what do they do).


Thanks, great post


Port 80 is the HTTP client 'Listen' port, it's most likely all ready open.
Port 88 is a 'Talk' port for certain control processes, it is likely open as well.
Port 53 is used by the DNS server system and is also very likely open.

These are the same on the Mac.

[Edited on 01.26.2011 12:35 PM PST]

  • 01.26.2011 12:33 PM PDT