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Xbox one best settings?
Bottom line up front: I am in search of the settings that provide the best online experience specifically for Advanced Warfare (single xbox setup). I.E. provide the lowest latency experience. No I...
- So with Black ops 3 coming out I wanted to make sure I was going to get the best experience that I could.
I did a lot of sole searching and research made the changes and did a proper reboot. So far my online experience is awesome and is like night and day compared to playing advanced warfare. I'm not sure if Black Ops 3 is the only reason or not but I will detail below what is currently working great for me.
On my modem (standard Xfinity modem/router with the 90/15 gb plan) I turned off the firewall completely and set to bridge mode. Then plugged my router into it. For the modem settings for me it was 10.0.0.1 and default username and password (admin and I can't remember PW but you can google it if you have Comcast.
On the nighthawk.
I updated the firmware.
Updated my time zone in the security menu.
Changed the DHCP reservation range to a max of .100
Setup Xbox with a reserved ip (static ip) of .150 (well outside the range of the reserved ips)
Setup port forwarding to the Xbox with
TCP: 80
UDP: 88, 500, 3544, 4500
Both: 53, 3074-3075, 3076, 1863, 16000
I left upnp on
Disabled SIP and set to open
Turned on upstream qos and used the built in speed test to set upload bandwidth.
Edited all default rules with a highest priority and changed to a high priority.
Changed the default Xbox priority from high to highest.
And set up a custom rule to my Xbox MAC address with highest priority.
On the Xbox:
I turned off Kinect and DVR
Left network ip settings to get automatically
But set dns manually (I use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)
On my TV:
Game mode on
All reductions and motion smoothing off.
If you have the option choose refresh rate as close to 60 hz as possible
Proper reboot after all settings changed:
Unplug router
Then unplug modem
Then fully turn off Xbox (hold power button until it turns off)
Wait 1 minute then turn on Xbox
After Xbox is on wait at least 5 minutes before plugging in modem.
Wait for modem to fully turn on
Then plug in router and wait for it to fully turn on
Once Xbox connects to XBL go to network settings and run multiplayer test. After test hold all triggers and bumpers until the next screen pops up.
Some of this may not matter but it's what I did and knock on wood I continue to have an amazing experience as I have had so far with black ops 3.
Ok this is what I'm trying now and has been working very well (not as well as in DMZ, but oh well)
I setup a static ip address (DHCP reservation) in LAN setup
QoS setup: WMM both disabled/not checked, downstream disabled/not checked,
Upstream enabled/checked (I get 10 up from my isp but i enter 8 into the router) many people with actual knowledge of qos engines will tell you to only input a value of 80% - 95% of what you actually get. If you prefer to throttle to the point that you won't be used as a host then put this value to something below that which will automatically disqualify you from host. (I don't know what value that is)
And the most important WAN settings/ Firewall settings:
Everything is not checked except for the bottom one
The only thing that should be checked is Disable SIP ALG then check open instead of secured.
To clarify what is not checked is:
Disable port scan and dos protection
Default DMZ server
Respond to ping on internet port
Disable IGMP proxying
Under advanced setup disable UPnP and delete all port forwarding rules.
Now if you were paying attention i have no UPnP, no port forwarding and no DMZ and I still get open NAT with this router. If you have a different router then you may need to use ONE of those (but only one).
DMZ gave me the lowest latency but it also allowed attacks that seemed to destroy my games, when I was not being attacked however it gave me some of the best games I have every had in any COD game.
It seems I get better latency by setting google dns servers in the xbox network settings, so i would suggest doing that even if they are the same ones you use in the router. Meaning don't let the xbox get them automatically from the router as this seems to increase latency a little bit.
Other things to consider if you are having problems:
Input lag of your TV, I personally spent a lot of extra money to ensure I got a TV with low input lag (only works when i use the "game mode" however)
I also had a lot of issues once and found my xbox was connecting wired and wireless at the same time, clear the wireless settings if this is happening to you as well.
I setup a static ip address (DHCP reservation) in LAN setup
QoS setup: WMM both disabled/not checked, downstream disabled/not checked,
Upstream enabled/checked (I get 10 up from my isp but i enter 8 into the router) many people with actual knowledge of qos engines will tell you to only input a value of 80% - 95% of what you actually get. If you prefer to throttle to the point that you won't be used as a host then put this value to something below that which will automatically disqualify you from host. (I don't know what value that is)
And the most important WAN settings/ Firewall settings:
Everything is not checked except for the bottom one
The only thing that should be checked is Disable SIP ALG then check open instead of secured.
To clarify what is not checked is:
Disable port scan and dos protection
Default DMZ server
Respond to ping on internet port
Disable IGMP proxying
Under advanced setup disable UPnP and delete all port forwarding rules.
Now if you were paying attention i have no UPnP, no port forwarding and no DMZ and I still get open NAT with this router. If you have a different router then you may need to use ONE of those (but only one).
DMZ gave me the lowest latency but it also allowed attacks that seemed to destroy my games, when I was not being attacked however it gave me some of the best games I have every had in any COD game.
It seems I get better latency by setting google dns servers in the xbox network settings, so i would suggest doing that even if they are the same ones you use in the router. Meaning don't let the xbox get them automatically from the router as this seems to increase latency a little bit.
Other things to consider if you are having problems:
Input lag of your TV, I personally spent a lot of extra money to ensure I got a TV with low input lag (only works when i use the "game mode" however)
I also had a lot of issues once and found my xbox was connecting wired and wireless at the same time, clear the wireless settings if this is happening to you as well.