Im having issues with port connection to my console

[RWMoss]

Someone in my house has messed with the port forwarding and it has blocked my console from getting online can anyone advise how i can undo it or should i contact support?

[Northerner]

Hi @RWMoss 

The only way to rectify this will be to reset your router as nobody will be able to help if someone has changed settings unless somone will go ober every setting made.

Thanks 

[XRaySpeX]

What are your Port Forwarding settings?

[RWMoss]

3074 start and end tcp and udp i noticed that the port forwarding wasnt messed with at first as they didn't set a new rule ive had thei issue agter i connected my console up via ethernet 

[Profile closed]

Hello @RWMoss 

If you go here Xbox Port Forwarding it will tell you what ports you need to set up again.

[XRaySpeX]

@Profile closed : That article is misleading. It doesn't distinguish between incoming & outgoing ports. Outgoing ports are always open. Only necessary incoming ports need to be port forwarded.

The article talks about a list of ports that must be open to connect to the Xbox network. But connecting to the XBox network is always possible as this only uses outgoing ports. It's only when the XBox network & other XBox users need to connect to your XBox remotely that you need incoming ports to be opened.

One example of the ridiculousness of it is that it lists Port 80 to be opened. Well, incoming Port 80 is the GUI of your router & you'd never want an outsider to be getting into that. Whereas outgoing Port 80 is the Web interface of most websites which you are using all the time you are browsing & you wouldn't expect to go changing settings of the router just to do that everyday task.

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@XRaySpeX 

Ah okay.  My apologies.