Hey guys, recently, I was having trouble with connecting to games and slow connection speeds on my 360. I ran the test and my NAT said, moderate. Upon researching further it appeared that this was hindering my ability to connect to games and/or parties. So, I decided to research further and see if I could fix this problem for a day of gaming goodness tomorrow (day off of school and work. )

Upon reading more, it was made abundantly clear that I didn't have an XBOX live compatible router. The easiest solution would be for me to go to best buy and spend 40-80 bucks (or whatever routers cost now-a-days) and get one with the XBOX Live Certified logo. Seeing as I'm poor I opted against that and turned to my best friend. Google.

Google turned up a few promising sites but this one looked the easiest, and it made me laugh, so I tried this one first. Make your router Xbox Live compatible I was originally looking for the port forwarding, virtual servers and UPnP stuff after I accessed my router but I couldn't find them. But I did stumble across the fact that my router has a DMZ. So I just put in my 360 IP and voila! My NAT is now open.

And I know it looks a little bit scary, but don't be a pussy. Just do it. I'm totally computer illiterate and I kicked my NAT's ass. It was all "No, I'm better than you, I won't do what you say!!" Then, I was all "You will do what I say and I'll be on you faster than 2 donkies eatin a waffle."

CLIFF Notes: Find your 360 IP via the network tab on the dashboard, log into your router, and change the DMZ to active and put in your XBOX 360 IP. If you don't have a DMZ, then I don't know. Good luck!

DISCLAIMER: I will take no responsibility for you screwing up your intarnets and not being able to complete your V8 swap due to not being able to log onto this forum!

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