problems connecting to game xboxlive ??

[FOZ_1983]

Mate if theirs no triangle then your NAT settings are open and your good to play online

Mine is the same, but every now and again i have issues connecting to someone online. Its just one of those things. I wouldnt bother with that link now, you might end up causing some damage that could seriously screw up your connection to live lol.

[dazz1971]

hmm yea i think your right foz noing my luck ill manage to find the selfdestruct button for sure oh well guess ill have to stick to a few games of fpdr till i call it a night

[FOZ_1983]

Chances are it was just a dicky connection to someone in the room. Theirs always one haha. Usually resetting everything helps, but takes a few minutes and its just annoying.

[SEE]

useful post this as I have experienced the same problem. Sometimes I lose connection during a game session (which is even more annoying!). I just hope the others don't think I've quit (which I never do).

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

Mate if theirs no triangle then your NAT settings are open and your good to play online

Mine is the same, but every now and again i have issues connecting to someone online. Its just one of those things. I wouldnt bother with that link now, you might end up causing some damage that could seriously screw up your connection to live lol.

Ive found that that isn't always true. When my netgear router was blocking me from certain people on xbox live the dashboard test always showed ports open. I had to upgrade the firmware on my router to get it to work. You can't really do anything that will damage it in the settings. And the firmware upgrade works fine if you follow the instructions and just let it do it's thing.

[FOZ_1983]

fair play. I'll leave him in youre capable hands then

[Robotic Pope]

Ok I found the web page that helped me back then. http://www.rasmithuk.org.uk/?page_id=81%3Cbr%3E

My router is a Netgear WGR614 v6 . In its original firmware it used something called a symmetrical shaped NAT which you can read about in Russ' blog. So I HAD to have a strict NAT on xbox live even though it was telling me it was open but I was always getting blocked from joining any game which had my friend, that knew his NAT was moderate, already in it. I had tried all the static adresss, DMZ, port forwarding tricks which only caused the dashboard test to say I had a Strict NAT. I had to use PnP to get the dashboard to falsely claim an open nat.

Anyway I later found that the newest version of firmware for my router enabled it to be switched to a Cone shaped NAT. So I downloaded it wrote down all my IP and security settings and installed it from the routers upgrade section, it was very easy. Router then rebooted, and I re-did all my security settings and addresses. I then found the new cone shaped NAT box and ticked it. Since then ive never failed to join a game, I still only use PnP so I don't need to open ports or mess with the DMZ.

[FOZ_1983]

ive got UPnP enabled so i also generally have no problems connecting to games, which is usually a good thing because with it enabled yoy dont have to mess about with settings etc so much

[dazz1971]

thanks pope did some searching after reading russ blog and it seems sky are the only isp providers that dont let you upgrade your router flippin great i told you just me luck ??

[Raw Kryptonite]

That blog is a little excessive. It's just not that complicated.
Access your router via it's IP address (your "gateway address"), not the application interface and locate the DMZ settings. If it allows you to put in the MAC address of the 360 (or wireless adapter if you use that), find that on the network tab and put it in. Now ALL ports are open, no need for forwarding. If you have to put in an IP address (not all consumer routers allow you to input a MAC) then there is a catch: you have to assign your 360 a static IP (you set it to "manual" not "automatic" and use an IP address outside of the range of addresses used by the DHCP server in your router. If you leave it on automatic, in a few days the lease on this IP address to your 360 will expire and it could very well be assigned a different IP address by the router (DHCP server). That negates your DMZ setting, since the IP you have in the DMZ is no longer referring to your 360.

If you reflect as open, but someone else is moderate or strict, you're still likely to have issues with that person. Not your fault, they need to get to work on their situation.

If you set up the DMZ properly, but still show moderate/strict, if on DSL, then you need to look into your modem. DSL modems have a built in router, which could be screwing things up even if the rest of your network is set up correctly. You'll access it similarly to the router and it should have some basic settings to take care of this, usually a drop down box or something which lets you refer to Xbox Live.