Xbox Live Nat Setting

[iannufc]

Bit early for that yet! Still got shopping to do before the big day.

But Merry Christmas anyway!!!

[GhettoSkater]

i already have it set at a static ip and reserved on the router - but that still only makes the xbox live status moderate.

surely if the rule is only set for that ip address only it should be ok?

what about if i add the default rule back in aswell or all other lan adresses? will taht work?

[GhettoSkater]

changed the rule a little and added the default rule backon.

you think this will be ok guys? i have tried to set it so my rule only lets UDP traffic to and from the xbox and xbox live connection (i got the xbox live address by running the xbox network test then looking at the logs).

[sirsilver]

Hi everyone you could try putting the 360s ip in the DMZ that should resolve any NAT issues.

[Mushroom7]

can anyone help me with this?

got 2 360's (UK & Jap) After my Sky BB was activated I decided to test my xbox live connection on both machines. Both passed but the UK one told me it had 'strict' NAT settings as opposed to the Jap's 'open' setting.

I decided to follow LNB's set static IP tutorial and put the ranges 192.168.0.5 - 192.168.0.8.

This immediately sorted the UK 360 as a test showed NAT as 'open'

On testing the Jap 360 today i noticed it had changed to 'moderate' and i've checked the UK one too and it's still open.

I've followed the portforwading sites tutorial on opening the xbox live ports but the results are still the same.

any ideas? it's making my brain hurt. Plus i'm not that PC literate which doesn't help.

[sirsilver]

Have you tried putting the japan 360s ip in the DMZ, that should open the NAT

[Mushroom7]

thanks sirsilver, that has certainly solved half the problem. Put the JP 360's IP as DMZ made NAT settings open but then it's made the UK one strict again. Seems i can have one or the other open but not both.

Now is probably a good time to mention that i'm sharing one 360 wireless adapter between the 2 360's. Does this have any significance?

At least i know how to get NAT settings open for the one i'm using at the time but i thought there would be a way of getting both to stay 'open'

any advice anyone?

[smokingreen]

You may ahve already done this, but is possible that when changing the wireless adaptor that different IP addresses are being assigned by the router.

This would be solved by assinging manual IPs to each xbox then forwarding the ports to one of the IPS and putting the other IP in DMZ. I have this setup on my xbox and my 360, works ok.

If this is what you have already done, then Im out of ideas!

[Mushroom7]

i haven't got a clue what i'm doing anymore. I've changed just about every setting on the router to open ports, assign IP's, set DMZ etc. Every time i change something it's open on one and strict on the other.

The IP's don't seem to change for the 360's whatever i do.

It's not a big problem as i can set the 360 i'm using's IP as DMZ and it opens up it's NAT settings,i just have to remember to keep switching. I'm sure there's an easy way of doing it but this will do me for now.

Thanks for your input sirsilver & smokingreen

[sirsilver]

Your welcome Mushroom