Problems finding matches

General Discussion
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I didn’t know where to put this, but hopefully someone can help.

I cannot get a single match in any mode. I also cannot get my NAT to go from strict to open. I’ve followed all of the instructions as per the Xbox live help pages save for port forwarding. I just don’t understand how to do it. Every time I try to enable port forwarding I get locked out from the internet.

If anyone can explain it like I’m 5, that would be extremely appreciated. I am currently using a Motorola Surfboard SBG6580 and a wired connection if that helps. XBL support couldn’t explain it well enough for me to understand.

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Halo’s website, I believe, has a really good guide for fixing NAT issues - try there. :wink:

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Waypoint is a nice place :wink:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/f9237adeaf1742c09de144d7bf3f7507/topics/how-to-improve-your-connection-open-nat/b3bbbd78-ae7b-4b9a-b74b-cbf116ba68d8/posts?page=1

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I appear to be having issues with KI matchmaking today as well. No NAT issues on my end, I play all the time.

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Thanks for the link. I’ll be sure to check it out when I get home.

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xbox live has been having issues

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I’ve been having these issues for a week, and only with KI. I’ve been able to match make in Destiny no problem.

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well if the nat is closed that’s obviously the issue. I reset my router once and i had closed nat for some reason so really slow match making. I reset router and it was open again.

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I’ve tried everything but port-forwarding. I may have to end up contacting my isp to get my NAT from strict to open. It’s not closed just restricted.

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I use the DMZ, personally. Set my console to manual settings, match the IP to the DMZ… Then I’m down with OPP!!!

Resets of the router are needed often. It’s a newer router advertised for gaming and multiple devices, but it’s not where I think it should be.

BUT it’s been I believe almost 2 years… A trade in due to it being a forced rental may be in order.

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I tried DMZ but I couldn’t get it to work. It just removed all access to online features. I may have done it wrong, but I’ve never done anything this indepth with networks, only hardware and software.

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so you tried the tactics on youtube for turning off strict nat? In that case yes ring your provider

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Try a quick Youtube search of setting up your router or something similar to it, to the DMZ and/or even Port Forwarding.

I’m a Monkey-C kinda person myself.

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I tried the YouTube search route for about 4-5 hours the other day. I may just end up contacting my ISP to get it open, just because I’ve spent so long on it by myself. The only problem is I don’t rent my gateway from them, so they may charge too much or not even bother.

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Often when Xbox Live is having issues it will show that I have strict NAT, and then when the problems are over it will go back to being open - with no change made on my end. I think it has something to do with the way the X1 detects these settings so that a failure to communicate in some way with Live indicates a strict setting. That’s just a guess, but the fact is that Live can mess up the diagnostics when it is having issues.