Netgear ports need to be opened for xbox 360. HELP

natz20 · 10-01-2007, 01:28 PM

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I have a xbox 360 and I continually get disconnected from xbox live while my wireless connection to my laptop remains connected. I am connected to the xbox through a cable and when it disconnects me I do a network test on my xbox which shows everything to be ok but yet I still have issues occasionally staying connected through the cable between my comcast netgear gateway and my xbox 360. I have talked to netgear and comcast and neither is willing to help or doesn't know what to do. I spoke with xbox and was told to open ports udp88, udp3074 and tcp 3074. In the past I did this with linksys and it worked out great by upping my NAT status to open from moderate. I am not sure if opening these ports will fix my issue or just mess up what I have but I am willing to give it a shot. If it messes things up I can just go back to factory settings so it is worth a try. If it helps my gateway type is Netgear CG814WG v2. As I previously stated I did this with linksys and was walked through it and now I need help knowing how to do it for a netgear. I am looking at the port configuration on comcast home networking page and I don't know what to put in all the fields such as application, protocol, range and whatever else there is. Please help asap! thanks

johnwill · 10-01-2007, 03:55 PM

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10-01-2007, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
natz20 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 OS: win98	Netgear ports need to be opened for xbox 360. HELP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a xbox 360 and I continually get disconnected from xbox live while my wireless connection to my laptop remains connected. I am connected to the xbox through a cable and when it disconnects me I do a network test on my xbox which shows everything to be ok but yet I still have issues occasionally staying connected through the cable between my comcast netgear gateway and my xbox 360. I have talked to netgear and comcast and neither is willing to help or doesn't know what to do. I spoke with xbox and was told to open ports udp88, udp3074 and tcp 3074. In the past I did this with linksys and it worked out great by upping my NAT status to open from moderate. I am not sure if opening these ports will fix my issue or just mess up what I have but I am willing to give it a shot. If it messes things up I can just go back to factory settings so it is worth a try. If it helps my gateway type is Netgear CG814WG v2. As I previously stated I did this with linksys and was walked through it and now I need help knowing how to do it for a netgear. I am looking at the port configuration on comcast home networking page and I don't know what to put in all the fields such as application, protocol, range and whatever else there is. Please help asap! thanks

10-01-2007, 03:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 33,012 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Netgear ports need to be opened for xbox 360. HELP Please don't post duplicate threads for the same issue. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience