Port Forwarding On New 50mb Netgear Router

[mikafire]

Hi All, I've just had the new 50mb service installed and was wondering if anyone on here knows what settings I need to be putting in to open the ports for xbox live?

I currently have 4 xboxes running on my network which can range from open, moderate to strict depending what I turn on first!! Am I able to have them all on with an open Nat or is this not possible?

Currently I have given each xbox a static IP and I have even put one in the DMZ.

Any help is much appreciated

[mjpartyboy]

Have a look at this post I wrote in another thread:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/87...l#post35129443

I'm not advising to change your firmware, but this post and the following link should help to explain the situation:

http://jakebillo.com/two-xboxes-one-...-wrt-or-tomato

[mjpartyboy]

Here are the Xbox Live ports:

- Port 88 (UDP)
- Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)
- Port 53 (UDP and TCP)
- Port 80 (TCP)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908874

Port forwarding can only open them up to one console at a time, so it will not resolve your multiple consoles NAT problem. I still advise reading the links in my last post.

[mikafire]

Thanks for the info mj at least I understand whats happening now

The VM router is a netgear but also has the modem combined The device also has it's own custom f/w installed. I can enable UPnP but this doesn't seem to help!!

I'm looking for settings that I can just put in using the f/w already on the device. Anyone else got the same set up as me?

[mjpartyboy]

It might not be possible to achieve an open NAT on all the 360s using the VM device with their custom firmware. Some firmware just can't handle this operation for multiple devices.

Here is the list of MS certified Live compatible hardware and firmware, which allow multiple consoles on Live at the same time:

All of the network hardware in the following lists works with multiple Xbox 360 consoles connected at the same time. If you get a NAT error or cannot connect to Xbox LIVE, try using our Xbox LIVE Connect Solution.

http://support.xbox.com/en-us/pages/...xbox-live.aspx

[mjpartyboy]

I forgot about this page:

http://www.xbox.com/en-us/Live/Engin...-and-xbox-live

It's probably worth a look in addition to the other information and links in this thread.