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Grandmaster_Skweeb
10-13-2007, 07:10 PM
My brother recently bought an xbox 360. This is all well and good if we could just get the fucking thing to keep an open NAT so my brother can get off my back all the damn time. I've forwarded all port settings, enabled DMZ, enabled UPnP, set UPnP port forwarding, port triggering, port range forwarding. Did this all exactly as I was told to do by microsoft's How-To shindig.

It worked fine for a about a week and then the 360's IP address changed for no reason. So I changed the numbers in the network and it was fine and dandy again for another week or so. Now the piece of shit just doesn't want to have an open NAT and I went over the network settings with a fine toothed comb. Nothing is out of place.

I'm using a linksys four port router
Model BEFSR41 ver. 4

Hoping one of you tech savvy folk knows how to fix this so my brother can leave me alone about this.
Demetrius
10-13-2007, 07:19 PM
What are the router's settings on how long an IP address will last before being reset?
Grandmaster_Skweeb
10-13-2007, 07:33 PM
I'm not exactly sure, I really only know the basics of networking to get by. How would I go about checking this?
Demetrius
10-13-2007, 07:35 PM
I think its usually in the security settings, its been forever since I've messed with those.
Grandmaster_Skweeb
10-13-2007, 07:44 PM
seeing Filter IP Address Range, Filter Port Range, Filter MAC Address. Those are in the Filter section. Then theres VPN passthrough:
IPSec Passthrough
PPPoE Passthrough
PPTP Passthrough

I haven't touched anything in either of those. Poked around in other parts but I'm not seeing anything, at least to my knowledge (lacking as it is in this department), that controls how long an IP address will last before being reset.
Demetrius
10-13-2007, 07:54 PM
Perhaps Client Lease Time?
Grandmaster_Skweeb
10-13-2007, 08:02 PM
Ah yeah, there we go. It's in basic setup. It's set at 0, would this have anything to do with the 360's inability to keep an open NAT setting?
Demetrius
10-13-2007, 08:07 PM
I believe that should be it, of course there is one surefire way to find out...
Grandmaster_Skweeb
10-13-2007, 08:25 PM
Played about with the Client Release Time. No go, still stuck at moderate. Just checked up on microsoft's dealy on what routers are compatible. BEFSR41 ver. 3 is but BEFSR41 ver. 4 isn't. GG microshit.
Demetrius
10-14-2007, 08:50 PM
Can you roll back the firmware?