How to put your 360 on a dmz

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  1. Tris10, Feb 24, 2006
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    How to put your 360

    For those who are having problems with their 360 service and want to put it on a DMZ on your router.

    My example is with a standard linksys router

    Step one
    -Login to your router, default ip is :192.168.1.1
    Factory default password is "password", login is blank

    Step 2 - Get your xbox 360's IP Address
    Goto the "status" tab, then the sub menu "Local Network"
    Click on the DHCP Clients Table

    This will show you everyone thats currently connected to your router. If your xbox 360 is on it will show up here.
    Look under client names, your xbox 360 won't register a client name

    Step 3 - Put your 360 on a DMZ

    Goto the tab "Applications & Gaming"
    Click on "DMZ" sub menu.
    Now put your 360's IP Address on a dmz.

    Your router may reboot. And you should be good to go!


    If anyone has a d-link router, could you please post the same tutorial
     
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  2. swiper19, Feb 24, 2006
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    good tutorial Tris, the pics should prove useful as well. Make sure that you update Firmware as well boys and girls :wink:
     
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    in my modem, my pc and xbox's are hooked up. when i turn on the DMZ for my xbox360 does that apply to my pc too?
     
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  4. canucks33, Feb 25, 2006
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    ive done it..... thanks tris for the help :wink:
     
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    doesn't work...
     
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  6. Tris10, Mar 9, 2006
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    Yes it does if you set it up right
     
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    I did, I triple checked
     
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  8. Tris10, Mar 9, 2006
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    did you upgrade your firm ware...
     
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    whats firmware?
     
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    The Dlink setup is very similar to what Tris posted:

    type the router IP address in your browser default is: 192.168.0.1

    username is Admin and password is left asa blank field (unless you set a personal password)

    The 1st screen you will see is this:


    [​IMG]


    click on the DMZ tab to the left and you will see this:


    [​IMG]

    enter the IP address for your 360 and click the "ENABLE" Radio button and select APPLY . That's all there is to it....
     
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    DMZ didn't help me connecting to you Rob.
     
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    same thing with me with ROB :(
     
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    blame 2k.
     
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    its not 2k :S, it's xbox live

    And all router issue's CAN be fixed
     
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    don't blame 2k, blame Tris 8)


    one thing I forgot to add to my blurb above, please reset router & modem after the above steps...

    I ran into an issue where my NAT was mysteriously switched to STRICT from OPEN, a reboot of Modem & Router fixed that issue.
     
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    when you set DMZ on a linksys router it automatically reboots.
     
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    honestly, i am not 100% sure about this, i thought it did
     
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    IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE NAT SETTING IS OPEN AND NOT STRICT.

    To check your NAT setting do the following:

    360 dashboard

    select System Blade

    scroll to test Xbox live connection

    and the last test is NAT setting it will be either OPEN or STRICT

    Strict is what is preventing people from connecting , open is smooth sailing....
     
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    so how you do "open" it? mine is in moderate. when i went to my gateway for the NAT info. it says "Warning: Please do not disable NAT unless instructed to do so by your ISP. Turning off NAT will open your DSL Gateway to outside intrusion, creating a security risk."

    so i dont know if i should touch it. i have some extra $$ to buy a modem/gateway to have my xbox live connectivty to be no problem. what should i buy?
     
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