xbox360 hosting

**Terry Seyforth** · 10-26-2009, 10:15 AM

Hi I have tried to solve this problem searching the internet, but get so confused with the process.
My problem is I have a xbox360, upgraded my connection through virgin to 20mg, I just cant host a game, it starts then lags out back to lobby,which does bring the other players moaning, the problem is it picks me as host more often than not, I have tried phoning xbox microsoft, but they only said that I have to make sure certain ports are open,(udp88 udp 3074 tcp 3074) so phoned virgin they assured me that all ports were open ? I tried to assign these ports via my pc which not sure if this worked, I have a netgear router wnr 2000 supplied by virgin. I have read that you can forward ports manually, confused how though, or something about putting your ip address outside the nat setting, again got confused. any ideas how to cure this problem, step by step for the thickies,Thats me. Thanks

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 10-26-2009, 10:53 AM

Go to this site and that should solve your problems.

**Terry Seyforth** · 11-09-2009, 05:35 AM

thanks for this info but cant seem to get through the first step, not sure where to find my static ip address ?

**Terry Seyforth** · 11-09-2009, 06:14 AM

thanks again i think i have worked it out now. we will see if i can hoste on call of duty 4 plus when on netgear there was a firmware upgrade which i allowed, this may help to ?

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 11-09-2009, 10:39 AM

Glad to see the problem has been fixed. Please go under "Thread Tools" and mark this thread as solved.

10-26-2009, 10:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Terry Seyforth I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 OS: xp	xbox360 hosting Hi I have tried to solve this problem searching the internet, but get so confused with the process. My problem is I have a xbox360, upgraded my connection through virgin to 20mg, I just cant host a game, it starts then lags out back to lobby,which does bring the other players moaning, the problem is it picks me as host more often than not, I have tried phoning xbox microsoft, but they only said that I have to make sure certain ports are open,(udp88 udp 3074 tcp 3074) so phoned virgin they assured me that all ports were open ? I tried to assign these ports via my pc which not sure if this worked, I have a netgear router wnr 2000 supplied by virgin. I have read that you can forward ports manually, confused how though, or something about putting your ip address outside the nat setting, again got confused. any ideas how to cure this problem, step by step for the thickies,Thats me. Thanks

10-26-2009, 10:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,265 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: xbox360 hosting Go to this site and that should solve your problems. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

11-09-2009, 05:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Terry Seyforth I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 OS: xp	Re: xbox360 hosting thanks for this info but cant seem to get through the first step, not sure where to find my static ip address ?

11-09-2009, 06:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Terry Seyforth I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 419 OS: xp	Re: xbox360 hosting thanks again i think i have worked it out now. we will see if i can hoste on call of duty 4 plus when on netgear there was a firmware upgrade which i allowed, this may help to ?

11-09-2009, 10:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,265 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: xbox360 hosting Glad to see the problem has been fixed. Please go under "Thread Tools" and mark this thread as solved. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.