Trouble connecting to friends

Hello Masternater1, there have been a few issues today with Xbox Live, you can view the status page by clicking

here.

XBOX LIVE Service
Users may experience difficulties with the following services:

• Sending text or voice messages to other Xbox LIVE members
• Receiving game invitations or notifications
• Viewing messages

Affecting the following LIVE Platforms:

• Xbox 360 Console

8/19/2013 9:29:53 PM PDT:
If you're having issues viewing your friends list or sending messages, invites, or party chats, it's not just you! Thanks for being patient while we get you reconnected. Check back here in half an hour and we'll have an update for you!

No that is not my problem my problem is I can never connect to any of my friends and I just did a network check again and there was no error message.

I seem to be having the same issue. I'm running Minecraft Win10 edition on one laptop and trying to connect to anothers lan game. They can connect to mine, but i can't connect to theirs. Anyone else had this issue?

Hi,

I've got the same problem. How could it be fixed? By changing your Nat type to moderate. But With It, you will get much worse connection and you will never be host. Without It... I've been changing many things on my router settings but nothing works. I thing
the problem could be on security on my computer but when I open the ports I don't know which protocol should be used (TCP or UDP). I've heard there is a big difference and every games use one of them. I fight with It since 3 weeks now and I'm really tired
of It.

The connectivity can also depend on the NAT status of the Host. For instance, if they have a Strict NAT, you may have difficulty connecting to that person. Try making a party with a different host, who you are sure has an Open NAT setting.