How to change the NAT type to Open on a Imac using bridged connections

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How to change the NAT type to Open on a Imac using bridged connections

Hey everyone I have a problem. I play xbox live with my friends and i just moved and dont have a wireless adapter anymore. so i have bridged connections with my imac and xbox via ethernet. It works perfectly, but the only problem is that when i connect it say that my NAT type is strict. To play with all my friends i need a open NAT type. Does anyone know how to make the NAT type on the Imac open. And i do have a D-link router model DIR-625. When i called D-link they said to port forward, i did and it still didnt work, they said it must be the fire wall on the mac, microsoft said the same thing, that it might be the fire wall. I checked the fire wall and it said "All Incoming connections are allowed".

I would really much appreciate it if someone helped me. Thank you!

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 7:02 PM

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Tesserax

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Sep 1, 2010 8:15 PM in response to cage1811

Hello cage1811. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

I play xbox live with my friends and i just moved and dont have a wireless adapter anymore. so i have bridged connections with my imac and xbox via ethernet.

By " bridged" do you mean that you have both the iMac and the XBox 360 connected to the D-Link router by Ethernet? With each having a separate connection?

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Sep 2, 2010 10:24 AM in response to Tesserax

No, i am connceting my xbox 360 to my imac via ethernet, to use the imac as a wireless adapter. so basically i am using the imac for the wireless, instead of buying a $100 wireless adapter for my xbox.

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Tesserax

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Sep 2, 2010 10:39 AM in response to cage1811

Ok, it sounds like you have Internet Sharing enabled on the iMac then. Thanks for clarifying that for me. Unfortunately, this "software" router feature is somewhat limited and is most likely the reason for the "strict" NAT rating for the XBox. I'm afraid there are no settings for this configuration that could change that. Sorry!

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Sep 2, 2010 11:29 AM in response to Tesserax

O ok thats very unfortunate. do u think it might have to do with somehing with the ip adresses or the port forwarding i might have to do???

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Tesserax

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Sep 2, 2010 11:37 AM in response to cage1811

Yes, most likely. Microsoft has provided a list of XBox LIVE!-compatible routers. Since the OS X Internet Sharing feature is limited, there is no way to configure port mapping or placing the XBox in a DMZ with it. Typically, you either use a compatible router or configure port mapping/DMZ for non-compatible routers.

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