If you use a router and play Internet games over Xbox Live, you may experience some difficulty in maintaining connections. Several different factors can cause this, including outdated router firmware.
The Xbox Live service uses UDP ports 88 and 3074 as well as TCP port 3074 for its IP networking. Some people assume it's necessary to set up port forwarding on the router for these ports to enjoy full Xbox Live connectivity ("NAT Open" status). In many cases, this is untrue as NAT technology typically eliminates the need for manual port forwarding.
If you absolutely need to forward ports for compatibility with your network firewalls, use the three above for Xbox Live.
→ More - What Is a Port Number?→ See also - What Is a DMZ? (alternative to port forwarding)
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HI
Tries that TCP UDP thing but it said the port is already allocated for system use or something like that. PLZ HELP!?!?!?
* TCP 80
* UDP 88
* UDP 3074
* TCP 3074
* UDP 53
* TCP 53
Thats what the ports are.
ok so i have a VPN account to my PC and i want to forward port the IP to my XBOX becuase i am stationed in Japan, what do i have to do to complete this task?
You may have received that system usage message because port 80 is reserved for web traffic, ie what we are using right now… I guess you tried to port forward port 80 to the xbox 360 although you should be able to skip that one if the 360 isn’t actually running a web server, which I’m not sure it doesn’t…
The author is half right. First, NAT does not require port forwarding when the connections are outbound (i.e. from your xbox to xbox live servers). However a lot of multi-player games require the ability to connect inbound (i.e. my xbox to your xbox). This requires port forwarding be setup on your router.
Please ignore the comments from “Cory” above. He is repeating what is listed on the xbox website. In truth if you are running a NAT router (99% of home routers) then you only need 3074 UDP & TCP, plus UDP 88.
The other ports listed, 80 and 53 are actually for connections that are outbound, so they don’t require port forwarding. Port 80 is the standard webserver port and 53 is DNS. Again, for NAT these don’t need to be forwarded, just the 3074 UDP, 3074 TCP, and 88 UDP ports.
i can connect to xbox live fine but i cant connect to one of my friends that i use to play with all the time it happened ever since we got the new xbox slims and i opened every port but the udp 3074 says its in use
if you cannto connect to them then this is a problem their end with port mapping invariably.
If you can’t connect to Xbox LIVE then you might have a problem with blocked ports on your firewall.
This test will confirm if you can send packets on the required Xbox LIVE Ports:
TCP: 53,80,3074
UDP: 53,88,1863,3074
Firebind Xbox LIVE Firewall Test
hey carl i ran the tests and apparently the only one that fails is port 53.. Why is this please help
Opening ports didn’t work for me.
I have a Belkin router & got it to work by putting the xbox in the DMZ.
Steps:
1. Log into router (Belkins use 192.168.2.1).
2. Click on “DMZ” in the left colum of options.
3. Put the IP address of your xBox (mine is 192.168.2.3).
4. Check the “Enable” box.
5. Click “Apply Changes”.
* May have to restart your router and/or xbox too.
** This is not an optimal secure solution as it leaves your xbox open, (not behind the firewall).
Happy Gaming!!
clAmm out ;]
hey uhm I could use some help. There are 2 xboxs in this house and so far, ive tried everything to get us both on Open NAT types and its just not working. Please help.
I keep getting kicked from xbox (right when i search for a game on COD) and it says the server is unavailable immediatley after so i check the COD website and it says its fine! I have forwarded all the ports listed above and DMZ my router and still having problems, any suggestions???
Thank you so much
#5 Jonathan, thank you for the detailed info this was just what I was looking for (did not want to open 53 and 80 unnecessarily).
I was having an issue with my NAT as well using a Belkin router. After I forwarded the ports my NAT went from Moderate to Strict. Went into my router gateway and disabled the UpNp and now my NAT is Open. Hope this helps. If you port forward you want your UpNp disabled. From what I understand and it may be wrong UpNp is a way to Auto Port Forward.
I had the same proplem with a Belkin I opened ports and my Nat changed to strict, I though I done something wrong, so I had I friend who knows a lot about networking and he said I had done evrrthing correctly and he put it down to the Belkin router so I changed my router no more problems.