Wondering if anyone could help me with this… my XBL says that I need to change my settings from Moderate to Open to get better gameplay. I’ve called XBL and my cable company but no one can tell me how to open my ports to do this. I know it’s something to do with port forwarding, but I’m not computer-savvy enough to figure it out. I’ve gotten to my router’s page where you put in the different ports and such under port forwarding but I’m not exactly sure what I need to do. It says I need:
Template: (has a drop-down menu)
Name
Port Start
Port End
Lan IP Address
I got the port #'s I need to be opened when I called XBL, but I just gotta figure out where to put them and what other settings I need to change.
Thanks a lot (in advance).
The following should be entered on the port forwarding page within your router?s web interface. Give your Application a name on the left-hand side (if available) ex: Xbox360
Start 53 End 53 TCP & UDP IP 192.168.1.? Enabled
Follow the same format for ports 80, 88, & 3074
You can reference your specific router (IE: Linksys BEFSR41-v3)
via the following site:
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm
Once the above ports are enabled for your Xbox 360’s IP address, you should see a significant increase in online performance. (less lag in fighting games)
From what you stated, if a list of applications and ports are available, you may need to create a new entry in said list. Again, visit the website above to see example pages of your specific router. Hope this helps