Xbox Live Problems

[trials_pimp]

this stated this week.

I can log on fine, play online games fine and search through all xbox content ect fine.

But I cannot conect to anyone on my friends list, cant join parties, games or privite chats.

Also people cant connect to my games, parties or chats

Can send messages fine.

Google has been no help, neither has microsoft.

Anyone else had this problem??

[ZHI-sam]

partys atm are broken i hear. i havnt been on my 360 for a while so ive not tested

btw http://www.trials-forum.co.uk/forum/index....howtopic=130863

Edited April 8, 2009 by ZHI-sam

[trials_pimp]

They arent Broken.

Some of My friends can use everything fine, some are the same as me.

Example:

Cannot conect to 1 friend in any way, but his brother can start a party, and invite me in and we can play, but if his brother leaves the party shuts down.

Its not just between us 2, seems to be everyone on my list, and he has similar problems.

There must be something that can be done.

[Haz]

Sounds like your NAT is too strict, there are guides and stuff if you Google xbox NAT settings.

[ZHI-sam]

yea it will be your nat settings or family settings mate, more than likely nat settings.

i was told partys were broke, wasnt sure though

[trials_pimp]

what the hell is NAT settings?

[ZHI-sam]

google will help but here:

Step 1: Get your Xbox 360's IP address from the system blade and choose network settings. Then edit settings should show your Xbox's IP.

Step 2: Go into your routers configuration window through Internet Explorer. In the address bar type in your routers IP address. It should be default at 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1. When you're prompted for a password you have found it =P. If you haven't changed it the username and password should both be admin, and admin.

Step 3: USING DMZ When you enter into your router config window, you need to find the Tab DMZ, it should be under applications and gaming if you are using Linksys. Once you find the DMZ tab, click enable and type in the last digits of your XBOX into the box below. Yes when you do this you are opening all the ports on your Xbox, which is insecure, but show me someone that has hacked into an xbox 360?

<MAKE SURE YOU SAVE SETTINGS>

Step 4:Using Port Fowarding After you have enabled DMZ, find the Port Fowarding tab, should be under advanced routing. For the name type in XBL or whatever you want, and for port range put 87 to 89, choose UDP, then your XBOX last digits, and enable. Then do 3073 to 3075 choose TCP, then your XBOX last digits, and enable. Then again do 3073 to 3075 choose UDP, then your XBOX last digits, and enable.

<MAKE SURE YOU SAVE SETTINGS>

Step 5:Using UPnP This is just incase. Go into UPnP fowarding and enter in the same stuff you did for Step 4.

<MAKE SURE YOU SAVE SETTINGS>

Step 6: Now logout of your router config. Unplug your router and modem from the power, then plug in the router 1st, wait 30 seconds. Then plug in the modem and wait at least 2 minutes. If you don't do these hard restarts it might not work!

Step 7: Restart your Xbox and go to the system blade, choose network settings, then test connection. This may take a bit, but when it gets down to NAT type it should say OPEN. If not, sorry. You can just undo all the settings we changed, you can just uncheck enabled on the port fowarding. or if you want to restore your router to the factory defaults just push the reset button on the back of it.

[trials_pimp]

have seen that before, and it doesnt help.

Its based on the old xbox dashboard, you cant see NAT status when perfoming a network test on the new Xbox dashboard.

And My router doesnt Have any DMZ settings. (02/Thompson)

[ZHI-sam]

try it anyway dude, if you havnt already

ports forwarded?

try to connect direct to the net without the router