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Good router to run multiple Xbox Consoles to achieve Open NAT (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

I've been doing a little (ok, a LOT) of reading to figure out how to get 2 Xboxes to have Open NAT.

I've looked at Xbox support, and while there's troubleshooting support, they say "Get a router that supports multiple Xboxes with Open NAT" and of course there's no list. (https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/connect-network/xbox-one-nat-error/#troubleshooting-specific-nat-errors)

Does anyone here have a router that they are using for multiple Xboxes with Open NAT reliably? I would love to know what those are.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have Public IP or Private IP (CGNAT) from ISP?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You aren't finding a list of "Open NAT" capable routers because the list would be endless.

You need a router that supports UPnP, which essentially lets the Xbox punch its own holes in the routers firewall and forward ports the xbox needs.

Virtually all routers support this, but it's probably shut off by default. My first wired router circa 2003 supported it.

My suggestion: poke around in your router settings and look for UPnP. It's likely in the Firewall settings.

P.S. it makes absolutely no difference whether or not you have 1 xbox or 30 xboxes on the same network. Once you toggle the setting, it'll enable them all to work.