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NUKLRSOLDR's avatar
Dec 14, 2014
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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 am not having any significant issues and yes I have the latest firmware. And I have the xbox setup with a reserved IP address (Static IP). I connect with a wired connection using CAT 6 Cables from modem to router and router to xbox. I have Home Telecom for ISP from Moncks Corner SC, I have cable internet 50 mbps down and 10 mbps up.

Things I wish to address/ ask questions about:

Question #1: UPnP, Port forwarding, or DMZ? I can get an open NAT with any of these but which one will provide the lowest latency?

Question #2: Firewall, what are the best settings for xbox live? And if DMZ is used do these settings even matter?

Question #3: MTU some claim this makes a difference I have played with it but can't tell for sure if it affected latency. Will it improve latency to change the MTU to something lower than the default 1500?

Question #4 (Big Question): QoS, First of all the 2 besides the upstream. Wireless WMM, enable or dis enable? Downstream, I notice a custom rule can be setup to the xbox's MAC address, would this help or make latency worse? And finally, the upstream QoS, enable obviously....

Click Qos priority rule list; setup QoS rule and it shows the current rules and allows more to be created. By default xbox applications is only set to high while Skype and other useless things to me are set as highest. I changed everything that was preset as highest to high except for Netgear EVA (Not even sure what that is, anyone know?). And I set the xbox rule to Highest. So in summary Xbox and Netgear EVA are the only two set to highest everything else is something lower.

So to sum up Question #4: did i do more damage than good or is there an even better setup for this? I noticed I can setup custom rules and even just setup rules for the LAN port or MAC address, would either of those be better options?

Question #5: I know when setting up most QoS you have to put in your bandwidth and it must be something lower than your actual or else it all falls apart. (I.E. i get 10 mbps upstream, when I enter my upstream bandwidth in the router I must put something lower than what I actually get. Speed test vary from about 8 to 9 mbps, therefore i must put a value into the router no more than 8) When I click the button for speed test it auto puts in about 9.66 mbps. but i know sometimes i get less than that from my isp especially during peak times. So I conservatively set the upstream in the router to 8, does anybody see a problem with this or know why this QoS system would be different from others?
Recap: Upstream bandwidth actual vs. value place in router.

Question #6: Will turning off the wireless radios improve the wired connection latency or stability? and if so, would using a second router as an access point to handle the wireless side be a good option?

Question #7 (Last one): DNS servers. I can change them on the xbox itself, would it make any difference for the xbox if;
I let the xbox get DNS automatically and changed the router's DNS to google's (8.8.8.8),
rather than leaving the default ISP DNS in the router and manually changing them on the xbox to google's DNS?


Okay, so a lot of questions, I am not here to argue about the placeable effect and yes I understand that lag cannot be completely gotten rid of and it depends on many factors. The defaults work just fine but I have been playing Call of Duty for many years now with multiple ISP's and many different routers and setups I have learned that tweaking a setup just right gives people with no skill (like me) a nice advantage in most games. And if you combine the right setup with actual skill, well....You have all seen that person that is impossible to kill and you swear is hacking so you report them, but guess what they were not hacking. I know because I had a good setup once with verizon Fios and i was accused of cheating all the time. Unfortunately I cannot get Fiber optic internet where I live now.

Also, with everything I have tried so far, the Nighthawk is by far the best router I have ever used and I have already improved my average K/D after owning it for only a few days now.
  • 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.

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