George here is the reference guide if you need/want to reserve it on the router.

ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/fw...ref_manual.pdf

 

There you go talking in gibberish again.

 

 

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If you use DHCP, they get assigned to you. They are no secret... Tier 1 tech support fail. Oh well, Comcast DNS is pretty unstable anyway. I use 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3. They are public DNS servers so they can get slow at times but they are always available and always accurate.

 

Now I'm having trouble with my XBL connection.. it lets me get about 5 minutes into a game of halo, then boots me off. when i try to start another game, it says "information could not be retrieved from the xbox live server"

I can go to the dashboard and sign in again, but it just does the same thing again. I did mess with my router, but I did leave with the same settings that I had before and it worked.

 

I'd like to try getting on with folks to play l4d. but my messages never seem to get to me in time.

 

Well maybe it's just the game... L4D works fine.

 

Well I tried everything, Strict NAT is staying.

Reserved a IP on the router with the MAC address for the Xbox, opened more ports.

Tried the DMZ again, didnt work.

The Router has the latest firmware, no UPnP support. After reading a bunch of forums, no-one it seems has had any luck with my router and a open NAT.

I guess a new XBOX approved router is the easy fix, not gonna spend the money right now.

I will just miss out on some online play, no biggie.