Cool Ideas Router - Strict NAT

LLoydizle said:
Hi there.

Bit if a noob question, but where do I go to give my xbox a static address? I know the place would be different on every router, but is there any specific option I should look for?

Also, do I have to take ip address that shows on my Xbox under settings?
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You go to network settings on the XBOX and set it as 192.168.1.254 for instance (depending on your network setup), then on your router you setup port forwards to that IP.
 
Sounds like a double NAT to me.

In which case uPNP and Port Forwarding won't do jack ****.

NAT needs to be bypassed/disabled on the first router.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Sounds like a double NAT to me.

In which case uPNP and Port Forwarding won't do jack ****.

NAT needs to be bypassed/disabled on the first router.
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I tried logging into that router to check, but the login details have been changed by TT Connect and I have no idea what the new password is.
 
LLoydizle said:
I tried logging into that router to check, but the login details have been changed by TT Connect and I have no idea what the new password is.
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Why the need for this secondary router at all?

Why not just use the one they provided directly? If it's about wireless then setup the TP-Link in Access Point mode and connect it through a LAN port instead of a WAN port so it doesn't try to do any routing.

Or remove their router completely and replace it with the TP-Link.

But don't have two routers behind each other, that is never going to work properly.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
But don't have two routers behind each other, that is never going to work properly.
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Works just fine if you know what you're doing, which I suspect that the OP doesn't. I stopped trying to help when he ineligibly started saying something about malware without trying to understand what I was telling him.

CI said that they provide full access to the router, so he really just needs to use that with UPnP enabled and make sure that the firewall isn't doing anything weird.

At this point I would say the easiest thing to do is to just get somebody who knows what they're doing to sort it out for him...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Works just fine if you know what you're doing, which I suspect that the OP doesn't. I stopped trying to help when he ineligibly started saying something about malware without trying to understand what I was telling him.

CI said that they provide full access to the router, so he really just needs to use that with UPnP enabled and make sure that the firewall isn't doing anything weird.

At this point I would say the easiest thing to do is to just get somebody who knows what they're doing to sort it out for him...
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I saw what you mentioned, and I didn't even know where to start. Clearly I don't know what any of that means and clearly I don't know what to do... That's why I made a post on the forums asking for help.

I appreciate the help you provided, but i literally didn't even know where to start.

Also, I never mentioned anything about malware?
 
SauRoNZA said:
Why the need for this secondary router at all?

Why not just use the one they provided directly? If it's about wireless then setup the TP-Link in Access Point mode and connect it through a LAN port instead of a WAN port so it doesn't try to do any routing.

Or remove their router completely and replace it with the TP-Link.

But don't have two routers behind each other, that is never going to work properly.
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Lol I literally just plugged in the setup that was provided to me and that was it :crylaugh:
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Works just fine if you know what you're doing, which I suspect that the OP doesn't. I stopped trying to help when he ineligibly started saying something about malware without trying to understand what I was telling him.

CI said that they provide full access to the router, so he really just needs to use that with UPnP enabled and make sure that the firewall isn't doing anything weird.

At this point I would say the easiest thing to do is to just get somebody who knows what they're doing to sort it out for him...
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No it doesn't work just fine if they are configured as actual Routers as in both doing routing.

Yes you can add it to the DMZ as you mentioned earlier but then you aren't doing any routing as the NAT is bypassed so the point still stands.

But yes I agree, get someone who knows what they are doing.
 
SauRoNZA said:
No it doesn't work just fine if they are configured as actual Routers as in both doing routing.
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Except they aren't, because everything should be disabled on the primary, effectively turning it into a dumb modem...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Except they aren't, because everything should be disabled on the primary, effectively turning it into a dumb modem...
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Exactly!

But in this case it being Fibre there is no need for the dumb modem in the
Middle at all.
 
I'm guessing double NAT was the issue. I disabled UPNP on my TP Link Router (since I don't know the login details for the Planet CPE cause TT Connect changed it), reset everything, turned Xbox on and went into network settings. It now shows my NAT as being open!
 
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LLoydizle said:
I'm guessing double NAT was the issue. I disabled UPNP on my TP Link Router (since I don't know the login details for the Planet CPE cause TT Connect changed it), reset everything, turned Xbox on and went into network settings. It now shows my NAT as being open!
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Shouldnt be double nat if you are just using our router Lloyd, the Planet device is transparent, but glad to hear you came right.
 
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