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My nat type on my xbox 360 is strict?

When all computers in my house are off my nat is open and i can join friends game, but once i turn on a computer it goes strict again. Does anyone know why? Thank you.

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  • Paul L
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Because NAT is a function of firewalling and that's partly what it does. So... to save yourself some headaches, take the time to walk through Microsoft's article on port forwarding and you'll have permanently open NAT:

    http://support.xbox.com/en-us/pages/xbox-360/troub...

    It takes a little time but it's well worth the effort.

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