XBOX 360 - NAT = Strict?

[kaedesdisciple]

I have done some searching on this, but none of the answers people give seem to work out so far. Maybe you guys can help me before I have to turn to the xbox forums. I am on Live with the wireless network adapter over DSL using the router in this link:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416825933&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=2593339789B01

That's a Linksys WRT54GX

The network is secured, and I have provided all the necessary info to the 360. It connects fine, but I'm still getting an NAT of strict, which was the same as when I was connecting through my ibook. It's quite frustrating and I know it's affecting my Live experience. I have tried the port forwarding, same result and I even put the thing in the DMZ and it still gives me the same rating. Of course MS won't give me an answer, they just say "buy a Microsoft certified device." I'm not buying and configuring a whole new router simply because they don't feel like supporting this particular Linksys device.

Anyone got any ideas/suggestions?

[Alucard79]

From Xbox support:

Linksys WRT54G

Version 2.02.7
This firmware version is Xbox Live Compatible.

Note The UPnP implementation on the Linksys WRT54g with firmware 2.02.7 has been discovered to prevent users from being able to connect to Xbox Live. If a user is unable to connect to Xbox Live with this specific router model/firmware, they may get connected by turning off UPnP in the router's settings. Microsoft is working hard with Linksys to repair this issue as soon as possible.


I had the same problem. Hope this helps you out!!

[kaedesdisciple]

I tried shutting off the UPnP and it broke my network. I think I'm going to try upgrading the firmware if there is an update available, see if that helps, then I'll try turning off UPnP again. Thanks for the suggestion!

Anyone else have this type of problem?