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Driftdee
Mar 15, 2021Tutor
XR450 Strict NAT type
Netgear Nighthawk XR450 router in perfect contition, on the latest officially released firmware. had it for about a year. my router is setup to prioritze my Gaming PC and i have ports open for xbox l...
Driftdee
Apr 07, 2021Tutor
the model of the modem, i have no idea, cause it's not a modem, it's just a pass-through. I've done everything in my power to ensure that everything is flowing as it should. one of my devices is indeed getting open NAT, but i can't close the NAT of that device to get my Main PC to get open NAT again. not sure what to do...
michaelkenward
Apr 07, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Driftdee wrote:
the model of the modem, i have no idea, cause it's not a modem, it's just a pass-through.
That's not much help. What is "a pass-through"?
The Internet always comes from something. If it is a simple Ethernet "hole in the wall", that is connected to something further down the line.
That thing may well be a router of some sort. (It often is.) And that complicates the picture.
If you don't know what the box is, explain how you get the Internet. Maybe someone can guess as to what is going on.