How to Port Forward Xbox 360 Media Center

Wondering how to open ports on your router? Haven’t port forward Xbox 360 Media Center before? You have come to the right place. This guide shows you how to port forward Xbox 360 Media Center. All you have to do is follow our step-by-step instructions and open ports without issues. 

Requirements to Port Forward Xbox 360 Media Center

Just before you begin with the process of port forwarding, make sure you have the following things:

• Downloaded and installed the Xbox 360 Media Center server software package.
• The IP address of your router.
• IP address of your gaming device.
• TCP and UDP ports of Xbox 360 Media Center for your gaming device as mentioned in the section below.

Step-by-step guide on how to port forward Xbox 360 Media Center

Now that you have the above details noted down, you can move to the next stage of Xbox 360 Media Center port forwarding:

1. On your web browser address bar, type your router’s IP Address/Default Gateway.
2. Log in with your router’s credentials (username and password) to view your router’s firmware settings.
3. Navigate to the port forwarding section of your router.
4. Click on Port Forwarding.
5. Enter the IP address of your gaming device in your router in the correct box.
6. Put the TCP and UDP ports of the Xbox 360 Media Center server in the boxes in your router. The default Xbox 360 Media Center port number is 53. And then click the apply button.
7. And you’re done. Restart your router to let the changes take effect.
8. Once your changes take effect, now you can host a Xbox 360 Media Center server and let your friends connect to it as well. To let them connect to it, you need to provide them the hostname you are using, along with the port number. For example, ‘hostname.domain.com:25565’.

Xbox 360 Media Center ports needed to run 

To play Xbox 360 Media Center online and create a server without any interruptions, you’ll have to allow access to certain ports on your firewall. The default Xbox 360 Media Center ports are:

TCP:	53, 80, 1863, 3074
UDP:	53, 88, 1863, 3074

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Ports to forward on devices

Ports to run on Xbox 360

TCP:	53, 80, 1863, 3074
UDP:	53, 88, 1863, 3074

How to open ports behind CGNAT

What if your ISP performs CGNAT? Most ISPs perform CGNAT (Carrier-grade Network Address Translation) to conserve bandwidth and assign a single IP address to multiple users connected to the same internet network. However, CGNAT makes it difficult for you to open ports on the router. 

To get around the CGNAT issue, you can use the Port Forwarding add-on to bypass this problem and port forward routers without hassle. 

Here’s more information on how to use PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on and bypass CGNAT in a few clicks.

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A secure way to open all ports

To most people, port forwarding is quite a demanding task. For starters, every router has a different console, which often makes it difficult to navigate to specific settings.

Secondly, you won’t always be able to open Xbox 360 Media Center ports on your router if your ISP restricts the ports. Yes, you heard that right! ISPs are notorious for blocking ports due to security reasons. If ISP isn’t the reason behind a blocked port, then perhaps it could be your operating system’s firewall.

Well, you can make all these problems go away and enjoy smooth online gaming on all your desired systems with PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on. Through the Port Forwarding add-on, you can allow all ports, disallow all ports, and allow specific ports.