Question about Microsoft Xbox 360 Console

Cannot sign up for xbox live

I have a direct Ethernet inport connection for my xbox 360 and when i go to connect to xbox live it seems to work at first, i went to sign up, created a gamer tag, wrote in my email and then when i clicked on sign in, it says "cannot sign in, try again later" i have tried many times but this always happens, what can I do?

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This is probably because you need to open a port (port forwarding)for xbox live if you are using a router. The xbox should signal this when you are setting it up, as it needs to be given an ip address from your router and it will inform you of the port number it requires to connect so as you can allow the port to open against the ip address the xbox has been given this is usually found in the virtual servers menu or port forwarding.

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Have you tried running the troubleshooter (if so, wat did it say?)

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Connect the modem directly to the 360 via ethernet. If this fixes the problem, the router is fail.

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