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[Gigglepoo]

I've been trying my damnest to open up my router for XBL. I'm not able to connect to games quite often and can't even talk to my buddies. Quite frustrating. I can't find an online resource that is able to walk me through what needs to be done, though.

I'm using a NetGear WGR614v3 router. Even when I try to follow the directions for port forwarding (such as making my start port 88 and my end 3074) I still get a NAT rating of Strict. Any idea how I can make it and "open" setting?

Thanks for your help.

 

[rc213]

Give the Xbox a static ip and put the same ip in DMZ Mode in the routers settings.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Give the Xbox a static ip and put the same ip in DMZ Mode in the routers settings.

I changed the Default DMZ Server in the WAN Setup section to the same IP Address that I have on my Xbox 360. It didn't seem to fix the problem though. Any other ideas?

EDIT - Huh, I just changed my IP Settings on my X360 back to Automatic and, for some reason, it's saying my router is Open now. I'm not sure what I did right, but I hope it stays like this.

EDIT 2 - HAHA! I have never been able to connect to Deathmatches in PDZ and now... connected! So this is why people love the XBL. Thanks for your help RC!