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lhall98
Jun 28, 2020Aspirant
XR500 double NAT on xbox one x
Hey all, first post needing some help. My girlfriend got me an XR500 for Christmas and I immediately set it up. I called the ISP and had them switch their modem/router to bridge mode. The connection ...
lhall98
Jun 28, 2020Aspirant
I do not have access to the ISP hub interface. I had to call them to get them to switch it to bridge mode. I called them again today and made them check that it was set up properly in bridge mode and they said that it was. I will check the WAN settings and see what I can find
Netduma-Fraser
Jun 28, 2020NetDuma Partner
Okay try that option first and let us know how you get on!
- lhall98Jun 28, 2020Aspirant
I changed NAT filtering to open. Looks like that may have worked. Do I need to setup the VPN to protect my network?
- Netduma-FraserJun 28, 2020NetDuma PartnerNo it's not necessary to do that unless you want to. If you want to do so then it would require a subscription with a third party VPN provider.
- lhall98Jun 28, 2020AspirantOkay, thanks so much for the help! Is leaving the NAT filtering open dangerous in any way?