This video quickly shows you how to setup your Xbox 360 to always have the same IP address on your local network as well as forwarding 4 ports on your Router to the Xbox. This will help your Xbox connectivity and will resolve the issue if your NAT Type was listed as “Moderate” or “Strict.”
1. Open your Internet browser
2. Sign-in to your Router by entering your Router’s IP Address and clicking Enter. If you don’t know how to determine your Router’s IP Address watch one of these videos to find out:
Mac OS X – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVDFmFYZPhQ&hd=1
Windows 7 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMbW1qHI55w&hd=1
Windows XP – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcDT3VSGoU&hd=1
3. Sign-in to your Router (if applicable) with your Router’s Administrator username and password
4. Click the DHCP Reservation button
5. Select the Xbox from the list of DHCP Clients; the Xbox will typically be the entry with no name
6. Click the Add Clients button
7. Provide a descriptive name for the Xbox
8. Change the IP Address reserved for the Xbox to something easy to remember; I used 192.168.1.160 in this example. If you don’t change the IP Address, take note of what the address is before continuing
9. Click the Save Settings button
10. Click the Applications & Gaming tab
11. Enter the following 4 Ports and forward them to the Xbox’s IP Address that we just defined in step 8
Port 88 – UDP
Port 3074 – Both
Port 53 – Both
Port 80 – TCP
12. Make sure that all of the Port Forwarding rules have pointed to the Xbox and have all been enabled
13. Scroll to the bottom of your window
14. Click the Save Settings button
15. Click the Continue button
Microsoft Link with more information:
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/troubleshoot/connection-issues/nat-type-strict
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