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Old 05-13-2008, 06:56 PM   #36
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I assume the router is Netgear. If I'm wrong, this won't apply.

It has nothing to do with the physical wiring, some games need completely open NAT connections otherwise you can have trouble connecting to some people.

I haven't dealt with a Netgear router, but from what I gather the absolute easiest way to set this up is:

Login to the router, which should be http://192.168.0.1. You will probably need a password.

Go to the Advanced menu, choose Ports and in Default DMZ server, input the 360's IP address (can be found in network settings on the 360). If it says DHCP (I forget how it works), go to the first page I linked and setup the XBox with a static IP.

Another way is opening the following ports on the 360 through the router:

UDP 88
UDP 3074
TCP 3074

I don't know how it's setup, though, so I really can't help with that.

The first way SHOULD work. If it doesn't you likely have to upgrade your firmware.
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