Making your game Console the DMZ Host...

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GoVols817

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I know alot of you guys have had issues with connections to certain players, and want to help.

This is a "guide" for people with a Linksys router to make their gaming console have no restrictions, thus will eliminate their connection problems.

1. Type 192.168.1.1 in your web browser. Your username and password should both be "admin", unless you've changed it, and in that case, you don't need this guide.

2. First, ensure your router is set up for DHCP.

3. Next, go to the "status" tab. Now click "local network". Next, choose "DHCP client table".

The IP address WITHOUT a name would be your game console. Write down the last 3 numbers after the final dot.

4. Go to the "administration" tab, disable "UPNP" at the bottom.

5. Next, go to the "applications and gaming" tab. Now click on "DMZ". Click on "enable", then put the 3 numbers you wrote down earlier in the blank. It should be "101", "102", something like that.

Now, your game console has no restrictions at all. Go to your XBOX dashboard, system, do a network test and make sure your NAT is open. If it's not, PM me, email me, or get at me on AIM @ Govols817 and I'll be glad to help you further.

Hope this helps! :thumbsup:
 
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SmokeyVol said:
We can call it the "Glancing Guide"
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He, JTrain and Remus all need it. It helps with any game. I know a couple years ago, Madden on PS2 was hell trying to connect. I NEVER had any problem after doing this.
 
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GoVols817 said:
I know alot of you guys have had issues with connections to certain players, and want to help.

This is a "guide" for people with a Linksys router to make their gaming console have no restrictions, thus will eliminate their connection problems.

1. Type 192.168.1.1 in your web browser. Your username and password should both be "admin", unless you've changed it, and in that case, you don't need this guide.

2. First, ensure your router is set up for DHCP.

3. Next, go to the "status" tab. Now click "local network". Next, choose "DHCP client table".

The IP address WITHOUT a name would be your game console. Write down the last 3 numbers after the final dot.

4. Go to the "administration" tab, disable "UPNP" at the bottom.

5. Next, go to the "applications and gaming" tab. Now click on "DMZ". Click on "enable", then put the 3 numbers you wrote down earlier in the blank. It should be "101", "102", something like that.

Now, your game console has no restrictions at all. Go to your XBOX dashboard, system, do a network test and make sure your NAT is open. If it's not, PM me, email me, or get at me on AIM @ Govols817 and I'll be glad to help you further.

Hope this helps! :thumbsup:
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On a Linksys, the default password is "admin" with no username. :good!:
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
On a Linksys, the default password is "admin" with no username. :good!:
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Any clue how to reset your linksys password? I never set up a password and Admin doesn't work, I've tried it with no username, and with Admin as the user name which it starts with by default.
 
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daw77 said:
Any clue how to reset your linksys password? I never set up a password and Admin doesn't work, I've tried it with no username, and with Admin as the user name which it starts with by default.
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There's a reset button on the back that you have to use a pen to use it. Hold it in for 10 seconds and it should reset it back to no username with the password being admin. That's how I have done it in the past.
 
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daw77 said:
Any clue how to reset your linksys password? I never set up a password and Admin doesn't work, I've tried it with no username, and with Admin as the user name which it starts with by default.
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Hold the reset button on the back of your router for 30 seconds. It restores it to factory settings.
 
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I guess my main question is, are there any drawbacks to doing this? Does it mess anything up or put your computers at any risk?
 
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OWB said:
I guess my main question is, are there any drawbacks to doing this? Does it mess anything up or put your computers at any risk?
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No. All of your computers will still fall under the normal filtering rules of your router and will still have their own firewalls.
 
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OK, so I tried this and it's not working. I can't even get past typing in the linksys IP address. I put it in my web browser and it just searches forever and never comes up with anything.
 
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GoVols817 said:
He, JTrain and Remus all need it. It helps with any game. I know a couple years ago, Madden on PS2 was hell trying to connect. I NEVER had any problem after doing this.
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I have a Hawking router. I have it set to be completely open for all connections to my 360. This isn't my first rodeo with computers V0LKAN0. :p

I'll check into if I should do anything to my parents router while I'm there. It is a TrendNET, so I'm not very familiar with the firmware.

Also, to OWB. Do you even have a Linksys router? If so, did you change the IP for it to something other than the default? You can determine your router's IP by going into your connection status window on your PC, choosing the Support tab and checking the Default Gateway IP. That is the address of your router.
 
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My default gateway IP is 192.168.1.1 and the regular IP is 192.168.1.110, so what's the problem?
 
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I use a Linksys route and have never had a problem connecting to anyone. Ever.
 
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So I finally got around to trying this and after doing so, my NAT was "strict" instead of "open" like it was before. I think that makes matters worse no? I changed it back so my NAT is open again.
 
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That's odd- I use a Linksys router and I've had no problems connection to anyone. :dunno:
 
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SWIL said:
That's odd- I use a Linksys router and I've had no problems connection to anyone. :dunno:
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I just have problems with a select few and it's the same people over and over again. For the most part, it works fine, but when a certain person enters the room, everything starts to mess up. It's annoying.
 
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