Getting Your XBox to work with XBox Live and a Linksys Router

You Xbox is connected to Xbox Live, but you keep getting errors and can’t play a game. The problem might be that your Xbox requires certain ports to be open on your router in order to communicate with XBox Live. To accomplish this task follow these steps:

  • Sign into your Linksys administration page.
  • Click on the Applications & Gamming option. (You will be on the Port Range Forward Sub Menu)
  • In the first row type in an application name as shown in the picture below, for this example we typed in Xbox-Live.
  • In the second column we put a start and an end port range of 88.
  • Select UDP from the Protocol drop down menu.
  • Now type in the IP address of the Xbox you have.
  • Check the enable button to activate this line.
  • In the second row type in the same name Xbox-Live.
  • Type in a start and end port of 3074.
  • In the Protocol drop down menu select Both.
  • Type in the same IP address for your Xbox.
  • Check the enable button to activate this line.
  • Click on the Save Settings Button, and start playing on Xbox-Live!

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