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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.
Many questions, short answer! :D
I have only set NAT as open under WAN settings and deactivated UPnP. I do not have any issue in online gaming on Xbox or PS4!
The DHCP service of my router is administrating all my devices withput any problem.
I only modify router settings if I remark a connection problem, but as I do not have any problem, I did not make any modification in my router. Mainly you need only to activate UPnP, if you have connection errors during online gaming on your console.
QoS is disabled as my down- and upstream is so huge that the router will not have problems to manage my down- and upstream. But if you want to do activate QoS, then activate it... :D
If your upstream is lower than 2.5 Mbit/s than probably QoS should help. But if it is 5Mbit/s or even more then you should not need QoS. Only if you execute high-speed downloads with other devices during online gaming on your console, then QoS will help your router to avoid lags or game-server disconnects of your console. Check and then decide what is the best set up for your router.
I have only set NAT as open under WAN settings and deactivated UPnP. I do not have any issue in online gaming on Xbox or PS4!
The DHCP service of my router is administrating all my devices withput any problem.
I only modify router settings if I remark a connection problem, but as I do not have any problem, I did not make any modification in my router. Mainly you need only to activate UPnP, if you have connection errors during online gaming on your console.
QoS is disabled as my down- and upstream is so huge that the router will not have problems to manage my down- and upstream. But if you want to do activate QoS, then activate it... :D
If your upstream is lower than 2.5 Mbit/s than probably QoS should help. But if it is 5Mbit/s or even more then you should not need QoS. Only if you execute high-speed downloads with other devices during online gaming on your console, then QoS will help your router to avoid lags or game-server disconnects of your console. Check and then decide what is the best set up for your router.