DMZ

Stellios · 19 Jan 2007 at 00:46

Am I right in thinking that if i add an IP into the DMZ then i bypass all port restrictions etc?

Ive recently been having bother with xbox live and in voice chatting, to which i presumed was due to my NAT being 'moderate' and not open. To solve this ive just bought a new router (Belkin MIMO, dont recall model number) and my NAT is now open, but ive also been told its a good idea to run the 360 through the DMZ to make sure all possible interruptions are bypassed, so my 360 is now on a static IP running through the DMZ, and i also have UPnP enabled.

Is this right, or do i still need to open all the ports for the 360?

Cheers

hashcake · 19 Jan 2007 at 01:02

Stellios said:
Am I right in thinking that if i add an IP into the DMZ then i bypass all port restrictions etc?

Ive recently been having bother with xbox live and in voice chatting, to which i presumed was due to my NAT being 'moderate' and not open. To solve this ive just bought a new router (Belkin MIMO, dont recall model number) and my NAT is now open, but ive also been told its a good idea to run the 360 through the DMZ to make sure all possible interruptions are bypassed, so my 360 is now on a static IP running through the DMZ, and i also have UPnP enabled.

Is this right, or do i still need to open all the ports for the 360?

Cheers

Hmm, I don't have DMZ in use on my Netgear 834G and I have no problems with Xbox live or voice chat.
NAT is enabled because like most ISP's, mine uses it.
I have fixed IPs' on my network and I also port forward a few ports to one of my PCs.
Not sure what port the Xbox 360 uses but I'd guess it's the standard port 80 (I think) that http uses.

oddjob62 · 19 Jan 2007 at 01:03

Stellios said:
Is this right, or do i still need to open all the ports for the 360?

Should be fine like that.

noxidjkram@hotm · 19 Jan 2007 at 01:11

DMZ allows complete visibility - its used to expose a server (or the like) completely to the internet.

It bypasses all port restrictions.

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oddjob62 · 19 Jan 2007 at 01:12

noxidjkram@hotm said:
DMZ allows complete visibility - its used to expose a server (or the like) completely to the internet.

Well at least on a standard home router/firewall it does

noxidjkram@hotm · 19 Jan 2007 at 04:37

oddjob62 said:
Well at least on a standard home router/firewall it does

*Admits less than full knowledge*

I'm sure business kit has got DMZ with selectable port restrictions per host (or similar) - i'd better watch my blase statements

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Fr0dders · 19 Jan 2007 at 09:59

oddjob62 said:
Well at least on a standard home router/firewall it does

noxidjkram@hotm said:
*Admits less than full knowledge*

I'm sure business kit has got DMZ with selectable port restrictions per host (or similar) - i'd better watch my blase statements

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whats the point in that

the whole point of having a "DMZ" is that its free from restrictions. Hence the term "de militarised"

if you put port restrictions on it, then you may as well not put in DMZ, leave it behind the firewall, and if you want it on a separate network put it on a different subnet

oddjob62 · 19 Jan 2007 at 10:30

MrLOL said:
whats the point in that

the whole point of having a "DMZ" is that its free from restrictions. Hence the term "de militarised"

if you put port restrictions on it, then you may as well not put in DMZ, leave it behind the firewall, and if you want it on a separate network put it on a different subnet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone_(computing)

noxidjkram@hotm · 23 Jan 2007 at 04:49

oddjob62 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone_(computing)

Interesting - cheers oddjob62

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