Online Halo Problems

[JayBee74]

Try to join a friend's session and couldn't connect. Message read- The party may have an incompatible network setup. Your setting is STRICT NAT which is the least compatible. Visit www.bungie.net/router for more information.

[Sandman42]

Re: Online Halo Problems

Change your NAT setting on your router to "Open". If it's set on strict you might have trouble connecting with others.

[jdros13]

Re: Online Halo Problems

before you start doing anything crazy, just cycle the power on your router (unplug the power source for 15 seconds and plug it back in). That has cleared it up for me before. If that doesn't work, you may have to open up a couple of ports (I don't have a link for that info, but I know it is out there).

[JayBee74]

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NAT was OPEN, called Xbox Live and they gave me some ports to open-contacted Netgear and some chick took control of my screen and opened all the ports. Got on with no problem-hope this clears up my All Pro Football online issues as well.

[BigDofBA]

Re: Online Halo Problems

I had this problem last night. I also have a netgear router. I was really angry and couldn't play online at all. I just got it fixed.

I had to set the router up again. I took all the security options off and I downloaded a patch at netgear.com.

It fixed the problem. It was a pain in the but though.

[DTX3]

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Im having huge lag problems and i seem to be the only one. I can't play a single online game without having lag, i ran a XBL test and everything seems to be working fine, the NAT is open. So my friend says i might have a virus or something, i know nothing about connecting the router and such. So basically Halo 3 is unplayable for me online, could someone please help me out?

[JayBee74]

Re: Online Halo Problems

. So basically Halo 3 is unplayable for me online, could someone please help me out?

What's happening with your other XBox 360 online games?

[DTX3]

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What's happening with your other XBox 360 online games?

I wouldn't know since, H3 is really the only one i take online. But the last game i took online was H2, about two months ago and it played fine, no lags. I really need to fix it, but i dont know what it is or how to fix it.

[bergie56]

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I can't connect for a Halo 3 game right now at all. The NAT is open and so is the person I am attempting to connect to. If I try to do matchmaking the countdown timer stays at 0 and I don't connect to any games. Anyone able to help?

[DTX3]

Re: Online Halo Problems

I can't connect for a Halo 3 game right now at all. The NAT is open and so is the person I am attempting to connect to. If I try to do matchmaking the countdown timer stays at 0 and I don't connect to any games. Anyone able to help?

Im having the same problem bro, hopefully its just too many people playing online. It takes the game like 5(or more) minutes to load the bungie info and playlists.

[JayBee74]

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I can't connect for a Halo 3 game right now at all. The NAT is open and so is the person I am attempting to connect to. If I try to do matchmaking the countdown timer stays at 0 and I don't connect to any games. Anyone able to help?

As I described up above even though my NAT was OPEN, the XBox Live person gave me three ports to open and then gave me a NETGEAR number for my router service. I signed a 6 month $60 premium service contract with NETGEAR a couple of months ago when having to fix my router, so I got pretty good service this time around. Try calling Xbox Live first.

[bergie56]

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As I described up above even though my NAT was OPEN, the XBox Live person gave me three ports to open and then gave me a NETGEAR number for my router service. I signed a 6 month $60 premium service contract with NETGEAR a couple of months ago when having to fix my router, so I got pretty good service this time around. Try calling Xbox Live first.

I should have mentioned I am at college and have no router connected at all, so I have no control over opening ports or anything. Xbox Live has never been an issue before this. I wonder if there are Live server issues or something because I am able to connect now.

[DTX3]

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Ok so, I try playing Gears of War online last night and im having the same problems im having with H3 so, it is my connection. Anyone know what i should do?

[DTX3]

Re: Online Halo Problems

Ok so, i buy a new router(NetGear) and it seem to work. I could now play a game without getting kicked off due to lag but, my connection bar seems to go up and down from green to red, and stays at red. What could i do to improve my connection? replace the modem?

[Methlab]

Re: Online Halo Problems

portforward.com will tell you how to forward the 360 ports on your specific router. It is pretty important to put the 360 on it's own static IP and then let the router open the ports for it. Worst case, use the static IP for the 360 as your DMZ.