Firewall/Xbox Live

Hi there,
I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem so I thought I'd post here. I have Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 running my home network as a gateway. I've managed to get most things working that I needed through the firewall but Xbox Live is killing me. For some reason I keep getting the same "MTU test failed" every time I try testing the Xbox Live connection. I have been through probably 10 or more documents explaining all the required settings. I have forwarded ports according to Microsoft's web site as well as verified that I am in fact getting the required MTU throughput. Apparently this MTU error is also a generic catch-all error message so I thought I'd post here and see if anyone could make some suggestions.
Thanks for your help!

I just picked up a Xbox 360 over the holiday and also had issues getting it to coonect to Live through my Xserve(10.4.11 server)that I use as a gateway. When I opened the ports Live needed I also received MTU errors. Removing those port permissions caused the MTU issue to clear but then the Live login would fail. I attempted to run 'TheNATural' application but I still continued to fail at login.
After several days of trying different things I was finally able to connect to Live by doing the following. First in 'TheNATural', I set the Xbox's ip address in the space for a DMZ address. Then under Firewall in the Server Admin app, I selected 'allow all' for the 'any' ip address range. After doing this, my Xbox cleared the connection test.
Doing this isn't a final solution since this leaves your network wide open. I plan on working with this some more to see if I can lock down things more and still have a connection to Live. I would say just use my method if you want to test your connection.
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