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[blueroom]

I think I have pretty much exhausted every idea for getting this to work I can come up with (including hours of browsing through these forums...). Soo as a last resort if anybody have any ideas feel free to reply.

The problem is the same as experienced by a range of users around here: I'm unable to get X-link Network Messenger to successfully log in. No matter what I try it returns the "Port Check Failed" message.

My setup is as follows:

Xbox connected with a PC and router (Cisco 677) in a switched network. Connected through Tiscali - Denmark (I however highly doubt that they block any udp ports)

Router<->Switch<->Xbox & Pc (running Xlink)
                         
Ports 34518-19 forwarded in the routers nat table, no firewall running. Xlink messenger 2.2.4 (both normal and safe mode has of course been tried), WinPcap version 2.2 to 3.0.1 tried with no luck...

The Xlinktest diagnostic program returns the following:

[19:12:47] X-Link configuration inspection begins..

[19:12:47] Attempting Socket Bindings..
[19:12:47] Attempting X-Link Data Stream Bind (34518 UDP)..
[19:12:47] Attempting X-Link Data Stream Bind (34518 UDP)..
[19:12:47] Attempting XBConnect Hosting Stream Bind (8602 UDP)..

[19:12:47] Attempting Port Loobpack Tests..
[19:12:47] 34518 -> OK (192.168.1.6)
[19:12:47] 34519 -> OK (192.168.1.6)
[19:12:47] 8602 -> OK (192.168.1.6)

[19:12:47] Initialising WinPCap control layer..

[19:12:47] Enumerating WinPCap NICs:
[19:12:47] Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC - DeviceNPF_{0CACACB9-3E31-4392-9D50-5B1BE9EE66C0}

[19:12:47] Checking IsGood status of NICs:
[19:12:47] Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC =  1

[19:12:47] Attempting Promiscuous Control:
[19:12:47] Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC - STARTED
[19:12:47] Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC - STOPPED

[19:12:47] MAC Capturing:
[19:12:47] Listening 5 seconds on Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC
[19:12:49] 0050F292C7C5->FFFFFFFFFFFF
[19:12:51] 0050F292C7C5->FFFFFFFFFFFF

[19:12:53] UPnP Enumeration (WAIT):
[19:12:53] UPnP Init failed.. skipping enumeration..

[19:12:53] XServer External Test:
[19:12:53] Sending request..
[19:12:53] Waiting 5 seconds for reply..
[19:12:53] XServer accepted connection..
[19:12:53] Server -> Sent 3 test packets to 213.237.41.208 - HTTP response was 213.237.41.208 , full was
[19:12:53] 8602 -> OK (216.40.247.50)

[19:12:58] Tests complete... post in the forum if you need to.

Soo any help is appreciated...

[blueroom]

Well well well finally figured out what was wrong with my configuration.

A update of the Cisco 677's firmware (now it is 2.4.2) fixed all problems! It seems the firmware prior to 2.4.2 has some issues with forwarding udp ports in specific ranges...

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