Ever tired of not being able to connect to friends or family on xbox live?

Well i got 1 solution on how to fix it

Solution

Step 1. Go on your xbox and hit the xbox guide button, Then System Settings [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]



Step 2. Select Network settings.[left] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [/left]



Step 3. Select Test Xbox Live connection[left] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [/left]




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Step 4. if the above error occurs it should say Your NAT is either moderate or strict.



step 5. To fix this go to your router homepage,

to find your ip address, start > start search type in "cmd" this should pop up [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]



now type in "ipconfig" [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

After that hit enter and a bunch of information should pop up



look through all of it until you find your "ipv4" address and look at the last 3 digits of that ip address, you'll need it later

to find your router homepage, type "ipconfig" like earlier, then find your DEFAULT GATEWAY, that is your router's homepage, just type that in the URL address bar

How to open NAT with a Different router, click this link


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scroll down until you see "port fowarding guides by Router", click that [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]



Then scroll down u should see ALOT of routers, find [size=3]your router brand,then find your router type[/size] underneath the brand name



after u have found ur router brand and type click on it and a advertisement should pop up just look in the look in the top left corner and skip it [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]



after that u should come up to another page with a list of letters and guides for them, scroll down once u get to the page and look in the "X" column.



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Go under X and look for "Xbox Live 360" and a TuT should pop up on how to open up the ports needed for a perfect connection on xbox live.[/b]





Step 6. i use linksys router so the homepage is 192.168.1.1





step 7. the password should be admin and username admin



step 8. [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] That is the top of the page, click on Adminstration.



step 9. go down to UPnP, [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] Now Disable UPnP, Click save setting at bottom, then click enable UPnP, then save settings.



step 10. test your NAT again on the xbox, if that doesnt work then it could be your ports settings on your router.



step 11. go to applications and settings, then port foward range, [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]



step 12. copy as exactly as i did, but in the IP address section put the last 3 digits of your IPv4 address









step 17. ur NAT SHOULD be back to Open now.

[left]step 18. test ur connection again[/left]




Steps may vary if you have a different type of router.



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