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Nat problems

  • 03-05-2009 1:39pm
    #1
    xShanoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    I am currently with eircom on a 7mg wirelss router. I contacted eircom about opening up all my ports and they told me to put my firewall on low and some other stuff. This allowed me to connect to some people i never could connect to before but stopped me from connectiong to people i used to be able to join..
    Any help would be great


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  • #2
    TheMooseInNam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,162 ✭✭✭TheMooseInNam


    xShanoo wrote: »
    I am currently with eircom on a 7mg wirelss router. I contacted eircom about opening up all my ports and they told me to put my firewall on low and some other stuff. This allowed me to connect to some people i never could connect to before but stopped me from connectiong to people i used to be able to join..
    Any help would be great

    You need to open specific ports to have an OPEN NAT setting with xbox live, lowering your security settings isn't the recommended fix. The best thing to do is google search "xbox live NAT" and the name of your router and you'll find plenty of walk-throughs on how to open up your particular router ports. Once you have an OPEN NAT, you'll be able to connect with everyone else without problems.... as long as they don't have STRICT NAT!
    Also, remember to frequently power cycle your router. Sometimes the router can get flooded and turn your NAT to MODERATE or STRICT, even when the correct ports are open. Unplugging the power cord for around sixty seconds, normally does the trick.
    Hope this helps. I'm pretty sure there are a few Boards threads on how to open up ports in Eircom routers


  • #3
    xShanoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭xShanoo


    TheMooseInNam wrote: »
    You need to open specific ports to have an OPEN NAT setting with xbox live, lowering your security settings isn't the recommended fix. The best thing to do is google search "xbox live NAT" and the name of your router and you'll find plenty of walk-throughs on how to open up your particular router ports. Once you have an OPEN NAT, you'll be able to connect with everyone else without problems.... as long as they don't have STRICT NAT!
    Also, remember to frequently power cycle your router. Sometimes the router can get flooded and turn your NAT to MODERATE or STRICT, even when the correct ports are open. Unplugging the power cord for around sixty seconds, normally does the trick.
    Hope this helps. I'm pretty sure there are a few Boards threads on how to open up ports in Eircom routers
    Yeah thanx for the tips im gonna go try it now.
    If you have links to those eircom router threads it would be most helpfull also


  • #4
    mgsrocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 601 ✭✭✭mgsrocks


    The router provided by eircom should have the settings for xbox live set up already.

    Head here:
    http://192.168.1.254/

    Click 'custom services' on the left. From the drop down box select 'xbox live games' and click enable.

    The host device will be the ip of your xbox.


  • #5
    TheMooseInNam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,162 ✭✭✭TheMooseInNam


    mgsrocks wrote: »
    The router provided by eircom should have the settings for xbox live set up already.

    Head here:
    http://192.168.1.254/

    Click 'custom services' on the left. From the drop down box select 'xbox live games' and click enable.

    The host device will be the ip of your xbox.

    That certainly would make it a lot easier....

    Sorry but I don't have any specific threads for you, as I don't use Eircom as an ISP. Just Google search "xbox live nat (your router's model name) port forward" and you should get plenty of links listed. It's fairly straight forward stuff, just don't skip any steps


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