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Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:06:23 GMT

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:42:58 GMT

Going to lock this post. Please visit the new thread!

http://community.callofduty.com/message/21793#21793

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:42:12 GMT

Having your own modem would mean a bit more flexibility, but then you'd run into issues when you need them to service your line.

Did they give you a speedstream? Those are fine IMO. I had one and it never let me down.

I'd suggest that you hardwire your 360s if possible and check out this thread:

http://community.callofduty.com/message/21793#21793

For my new and improved guide.

This thread:

http://community.callofduty.com/message/11047#11047

For router tweaks etc.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:28:30 GMT

Would I see a difference if I bought a better modem then the one I got through Time Warner cable? I'm using the one they set me up with that looks pretty basic (cheap). I was thinking of buying like a 80-100 dollar motorola modem. I recently bought a new router and I'm just looking for other ways to improove my speed.

I run 3 360's (wifi) and one desk top computer that we only visit a few sites with and nothing else.

Any suggestions would be great...thanks

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:32:32 GMT

That's entirely dependent on what your setup is.

Feel free to email me for a more private chat or we can do this all in public.

What kind of modem do you have. What kind of router are you using. Are you connected via wires or wireless? What game are you trying to play?

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:24:44 GMT

mrsmoofy wrote:

Thanks!

Just tried putting the xbox in the DMZ but I guess my 25d/5u FiOS connection just sucks I can never get more then 2 or 3 bars on a connection

This is soooo frustrating it seems to be getting worse. Anyone have any idea what I can do to improve the amount of lag and the 2 to 3 bar connection I'm getting with every match?

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:10:46 GMT

Awesome! Always good for someone to have some success.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:57:33 GMT

good to see someone helping people

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:52:05 GMT

Great post Foxhound. Thank you for this. I now have a open nat!!

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:55:04 GMT

Shoot me an email so we can talk about your setup as best as possible.

josh@theycallmefox.com

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:01:24 GMT

Needs to be stickied under Featured Content. Hopefully the mods will do so.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:47:38 GMT

cable im pretty sure

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:26:24 GMT

onthejaggededge wrote:

Man, ive had a moderate for ever a year, ive tried EVERYTHING... and even this didnt work, ive just given up now, i dont have a clue what to do, i cant connect to certain friends and i just want to open it easily and be done with it but, i guess it hates me because nothing works. Help?

What type of connection do you have? DSL or Cable?

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:16:28 GMT

Man, ive had a moderate for ever a year, ive tried EVERYTHING... and even this didnt work, ive just given up now, i dont have a clue what to do, i cant connect to certain friends and i just want to open it easily and be done with it but, i guess it hates me because nothing works. Help?

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:09:54 GMT

Normal Person's Guide...

Well... there goes Cable and Wiggy.

Great info, Fox.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:05:53 GMT

Props on the guide! Will definitely refer my friends over to this.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:33:30 GMT

Thanks!

Just tried putting the xbox in the DMZ but I guess my 25d/5u FiOS connection just sucks I can never get more then 2 or 3 bars on a connection

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:10:11 GMT

1863 UDP/TCP is for video Kinect chatting. I'll add it in just to make the entire piece more thorough.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:49:57 GMT

Your list:

Port 88 (UDP)
Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)
Port 53 (UDP and TCP)
Port 80 (TCP)

portforward.com shows these plus Port 1863 (UDP and TCP)

Any idea why? I'm hoping port forwarding will improve things I may just put the xbox on the DMZ and not bother with port forwarding.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 1.5 [XBOX]

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:16:49 GMT

Very nice guide fox , props for doing this.