Ok. Im having trouble getting my NAT to open so I can play XBL whenever I want. Sometimes my 360 wont even connect to XBL, sometimes it will, but I wont be able to join a game, and sometimes it will connect, and Ill be able to get in a game instantly. I have a NETGEAR CGD24G. Its the modem/router that my ISP gave us.

I have my 360 hooked up on a wired connection, but the internet it gets comes from my laptop. I set the ethernet port to share on it. so I plug my 360 to there.

I followed all of this here: http://portforward.com/english/route...x_Live_360.htm

The result of that is not being able to connect to XBL at all.