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Horace · 12-05-2010, 08:10

I've just realised there's a flaw in this for use in gaming in general if only one port was available however since multiple ports are utilised on XBLive and I've seen this working in practice, obviously because of the multiple port use then it shouldn't be an issue, although I suppose it would depend on how sophisticated the router is. Static IP addresses shouldn't make any difference but I've known routers to be quirky and illogical (or just plain buggy) so if dynamic doesn't work then obviously try static.
Edit : This could all be down to uPNP being enabled, so that's also something to try but I've always tried to avoid using uPNP for security reasons.

12-05-2010, 08:10	#6
Horace ©Beam Software Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Teesside Services: BB (200mbit), 1x V6, iPad, iPhone Posts: 1,411	Re: NAT's I've just realised there's a flaw in this for use in gaming in general if only one port was available however since multiple ports are utilised on XBLive and I've seen this working in practice, obviously because of the multiple port use then it shouldn't be an issue, although I suppose it would depend on how sophisticated the router is. Static IP addresses shouldn't make any difference but I've known routers to be quirky and illogical (or just plain buggy) so if dynamic doesn't work then obviously try static. Edit : This could all be down to uPNP being enabled, so that's also something to try but I've always tried to avoid using uPNP for security reasons.