XBOX 360: Enable ports

If you want to play online with your friends on Xbox 360, you have to share the correct ports. We'll show you what these are and how to enable the ports in the individual routers.

Xbox 360: You must open these ports

• Usually the ports of the Xbox 360 are not blocked by the router, so the connection works without any problems. If this is not the case, you have to manually release the ports in the router.
• Xbox Live requires port 53 (UDP and TCP), 80 (TCP), 88 (UDP) and 3074 (UDP and TCP). Port 1863 (UDP and TCP) must also be enabled for chat with Kinect.

Instructions: Share ports for Xbox 360

• You must open the respective ports in the router via your browser. In the following practical tips you will find instructions for the FritzBox, the Speedport router and the EasyBox.
• If you also use Xbox Live on a PC, you may also have to release the ports here. Opening ports in the Windows firewall is also done quickly.

In the next practical tip, we will show you how to use Netflix on Xbox 360.