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XBL Connecting Issue

Jan 15, 2010 10:50AM PST

My friend and I both have Open NAT's. Why can't we connect?

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(NT) What is an OPEN NAT?
Jan 16, 2010 3:29AM PST
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NAT is well known.
Jan 18, 2010 11:06PM PST

It's how most wifi routers work today. You added the word OPEN so what's that?

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NAT
Jan 18, 2010 5:38AM PST

NAT is what your router does in order to turn the one IP you get from your ISP into multiple IPs.

What can you not connect to? Xbox Live or to each other on Xbox Live?