Quote Originally Posted by FrankReynolds View Post
Don't they also require like a million open ports?
It all depends on how you are set up really. And that is only at the routing side of your modem/router. Local security software on the system can get in the way (firewalls, internet security suites, etc.). I've never set up port forwarding or a DMZ on my routers to get FFXI to work (and no, I don't us PnP port mapping either), and I've gone through a Blitzz, Dlink, Ativa (rebranded Belkin), and am currently using a Linksys. Guess I've been lucky and NAT hasn't had any problems for me so far. Anytime I've had anything get blocked--it has been software on the PC getting in the way.

Sometimes you have to set up the forwarding though under certain circumstances, and is one of the first things on the list to try if you can't find anything getting blocked locally on your system.