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

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Prob: Reach used to say connection: Warning and Packet loss rate: Low/Excellent, I was happy, almost always got host. Now they say : Undetected.
Insufficient data to gather information.

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  • 07.21.2011 12:54 AM PDT

only u need to make the settings of te udp and tcp ports...its easy...y play with 1mb of conection...and works fine xD

  • 07.29.2011 3:15 PM PDT

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  • 07.31.2011 10:18 AM PDT

Alright so the past couple of days I have been trying to figure out how to solve the NAT issue with my Xbox.

I went to PortForward and forwarded all the ports to the new static IP that I assigned my Xbox, that didn't seem to work. I used the instructions as per this thread and turned off the DMZ and UPnP with the ports forwarded and that didn't do anything either.

I really don't know what I could have missed so I'm hoping that someone with more knowledge about the subject than myself will be able to help.

Also I'm running the Xbox on a wireless connection so maybe that has something to do with it? I'm not really sure but any information at all would be greatly appreciated. This whole thing is just driving me crazy.

  • 08.01.2011 4:48 PM PDT

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  • 08.07.2011 1:39 PM PDT

My NAT always jumps around between open and moderate. Sometimes it will be open and sometimes it will be moderate. It seems random. Anyone have this problem?

  • 08.14.2011 8:09 AM PDT

Time to kick ass!

I've noticed as well some router configuration pages require a different default password or username to access them on your internet browser than most help sites state. I had to look on wikipedia to find out the password for my router wasn't password or admin it was a password relevant to what my internet provider was called. So try wikipedia for details on your particular router as well, as cliche as it may seem because it may help you figure out some odd things :D

  • 08.15.2011 8:00 AM PDT
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Sometimes a router's firmware just isn't up to the job. My old Linksys router could not get the Xbox better than a moderate NAT with a static IP address and port forwarding, yet setting the Xbox to auto and letting the router do its thing via DHCP and UPnP always got an open NAT. This was fine until a second Xbox was introduced and only one was open.

The downside to port forwarding is if you have more than one Xbox, because only the console/IP set up for port forwarding will/should get the open NAT, whilst the others will be moderate at best due to the relevant ports already being reserved for a specific IP.

Personally, I use DD-WRT firmware on my D-Link router and make use of its static lease feature to assign a fixed IP to my S and one to my Premium, then I let its UPnP do the rest and I can have both consoles connected to Live or the same game with an open NAT. This feature can be firmware specific, some firmware can handle more than one Xbox and open NAT, whilst others can't.

  • 08.15.2011 9:20 AM PDT

Glad this thread was made, I've been having a lot of issues recently with matchmaking because of a Moderate NAT.

  • 08.17.2011 12:29 PM PDT
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I'm hoping that someone here will be able to help, I've had no luck searching elsewhere. Portforwarding.com seems to think it should work, I've followed their instructions to the letter.

I'm using a Belkin F7D2301v1. I have set my xbox 360 to a static IP, and have forwarded the proper ports, however my NAT type is Strict. I have forwarded 53, 80, 88, 1863, 3074 (inbound port) TCP&UDP (type) and 53, 80, 88, 1863, 3074 (private port,) respectively. I've tried this both wired and wireless, and have also tried with UPnP on and off.

In all cases, the NAT is strict. When I enable DMZ (would prefer not to do this) I do get open NAT, and same as when I just connect the Xbox to the modem, so I know it's something with the router. I am bothered by a note in the help section of the router settings, "You can only pass one port per internal IP address."

Does this mean that it's only successfully forwarding one port for the xbox, and the rest are excluded? Or is this just an explanation that per line I can only put 1 port, and not a range? Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY forwarded this router for XBL? Any help would be appreciated, thank you in advance.

[Edited on 08.25.2011 5:24 AM PDT]

  • 08.24.2011 11:25 PM PDT

I have walked among men and angels for three thousand years. Time has no end... no beginning... no purpose.
I wander the earth, seeking forgiveness for my horrible crimes against God and man.
I live to see death, destruction, over the light, but the light cannot be extinguished.
I live in a prison of my own demise.
I am lost in time. -Gravemind-

Thank you so much for this guide! Stickied it a couple years ago in case I ever needed it and I did now, so nice to have my connection not SUCK. Thanks again! =]

  • 08.26.2011 11:40 AM PDT

O HAI person reading my signature.

Most of the time my NAT is open but every now and then it changes to strict for a week or 2. Do you know what's wrong?

  • 08.31.2011 3:28 AM PDT
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Unfortunately there is nothing amusing or witty here.

THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH.

Remember to have UnPP off, I recommend using DMZ and not Port Forwarding.

  • 09.09.2011 8:14 PM PDT
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Im confused, i have a Linksys E2000 router (latest firmware) that my xbox and ps3 are plugged in directly and my PC is wireless. The 360 and pc have a static IP, ps3 does not.

I opened the ports to my 360s static IP address, my DMZ is disabled in the router i even put my computer to a static IP and it still says moderate from time to time.

At that point i must turn everything off for 30 seconds, including modem, and on again.

I dunno what else i could do. Why does it switch from open to moderate like that?

  • 09.17.2011 3:13 PM PDT

I? I am a monument to all your sins. (Gravemind-Halo 2)

I don't know what you're talking about O.o i don't really know what a port is. While I'm sure your information is helpful, I can't make heads or tails of it. Thanks anyway.

  • 10.02.2011 12:19 PM PDT

Hey guys, if you haven't seen them yet.
Please check out my How to Open your Xbox 360's NAT with Verizon Fios video! (3,500 views)

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[Edited on 10.08.2011 3:59 PM PDT]

  • 10.08.2011 3:58 PM PDT

I just want to say that I am a tech dummy, and I spent about 30 minutes and did just what you said here.

I now have an open NAT after I have been dealing with a moderate NAT for 9 months.

Gonna test her out tonight in slayer.

Thank you so much for taking the time to type all that crap out!!!!!!!

  • 10.14.2011 4:34 PM PDT

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  • 10.23.2011 1:14 AM PDT

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  • 10.23.2011 1:17 AM PDT

"I like knowing the space between my ears is immeasurable."

Didn't work. :/
idk what i did wrong but it didn't work.
I added all the primary and secondary dns, I changed the ip on my xbox to manual.

still moderate.
i don't get it.

-edit- oh, and I only have one dns server.
windows 7 won't allow you to have just one dns server and you can't use the same one so, meh.... question overlooked? or is it answered here somewhere.

[Edited on 10.25.2011 5:24 AM PDT]

  • 10.25.2011 5:23 AM PDT

I am confused, while I have my UPnP enabled and I have put in the specific ports for my router it does not help my NAT type. What happens is I will test my connection in system settings on dashboard and it will not give me a sign my NAT type is Strict and while on Halo: Reach it tells me my NAT type is Open, however if I turn off my Xbox and turn it back on it goes back to being Strict? Was my NAT type really Open or is it actually Strict and just telling me it's Open?

Does this have to do with my router or my modem and my ISP?

Another inquiry is my Xbox used to have a new IP address if I refreshed it now it is staying to one number and it says my IP Pool has a lot of available numbers and now restricts me from playing with A LOT of my friends now.

Should I get a new router (I've heard of xbox approved routers, but I have my doubts it makes a difference) altogether?

  • 11.03.2011 12:59 AM PDT

*reminisces when the Bungie/Halo community wasn't made up of CoD kids*
*sighs*
*activates time-machine and sets the clock back to Nov. 9, 2004*
glory days here I come..
*vanishes*

All this time I never knew my router had UPNP.
And today I looked through the firewall settings and I found that all this time UPNP had been disabled, then I enabled it.

I now have an open NAT.

  • 11.12.2011 7:36 AM PDT

Something went horribly wrong. I followed ALL the instructions, but when I got to the part in the thread that talked about ports and -blam!-,AND opened the ports, I went to the DMZ settings. From there I enabled the DMZ, then disabled the ports that I previously opened. Then outta nowhere my internet was disconnected. I tried reconnecting, but to no avail. So, I troubleshoot it and this is what came up:

"DNS servers are incorrect or do not exist."
So now I had to System Restore my PC to make the Internet work again... It did, too.
Can sombody PLZ shed some light on this? It'll be a great help.

Ps: does it really matter if I choose "Any ip adress" when typing in the source IP?

[Edited on 11.15.2011 10:13 PM PST]

  • 11.15.2011 9:17 PM PDT
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My gamertag is Damingus 360

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  • 11.21.2011 8:13 PM PDT