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hademtel
Aspirant
Oct 15, 2016

Linking Xbox One Wired Connection NAT issues

Hello!   I have a NETGEAR Genie R6400 wireless router. I have hooked up my Xbox One in the past when I first purchased this router and I had this same issue. When the Xbox is wired directly to the ...
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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Oct 20, 2016

Hi hademtel,

 

I would recommend doing address reservation through the router for the XBOX instead of manually setting a static IP. Once you have reserved a specific IP for the XBOX then you can redo the port forwarding directing to its IP. This is a way to ensure that the XBOX will consistently get the same IP address from the router and have the forwarded ports directed to it. You may find the link below helpful.

 

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24091

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

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