Setup Airport Extreme for xBox Live
It seems a lot of people have struggled with this so I thought I would share what has worked for me.
I am using a 5th generation airport extreme and Airport Utility 6.1.
First click on your Airport Extreme in the first display of Airport Utility.
Take note of the LAN IP address (you will need this later).
Airport extreme settings (tab by tab)
Base Station tab
nothing to do here. just the normal stuff
Internet tab
Connect using: DHCP
also take note of your Subnet Mask DNS server addresses ( you will need them later)
Wireless tab
nothing to do here. just the normal stuff
Network Tab
Router mode: DHCP and NAT
Select the Network options button (near the bottom of the page)
Ensure Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol is selected.
Ensure Enable Default host at: is selected. (this is Apple's version of a DMZ).
When you select the Enable Default host it will give you an IP address. Take note of this address you will need it later. It will be the address for your xBox.
Close this didalog box by selecting SAVE.
Go to the Port Settings section on the Network tab.
You need to setup several ports (53,80,88,1863, and 3074) to be forwarded to the xBox IP address.
To do this clidk the + button
To assign port 53 do the following:
Enter a description, e.g. xBOX Live
Public UDP port 53
Public TCP port 53
Private IP address (make sure this matches the address you wrote down when you enabled the default host.
Private UDP port: 53
Private TCP ports: 53
then hit save
repeat these steps for all the ports listed above.
Once all this is done select Update to load these settings to the Airport Extreme.
The Extreme shoudl now be setup.
xBox settings
Now you need to manually configure your netwrok settings on the xBox.
Go to the network configuration screen on your xBox.
Select the IP address section and choose manual.
Select the IP address and enter the IP address your Extreme gave you when enabling default host.
Select the subnet mask and enter the subnet mask of your network (remember this was what you wrote down from the internet tab in Airport Utility)
Select the gateway address and enter the LAN IP address here (ound on the first display screen of Airport Utility by clicking the Airport Extreme picture).
Save these settings.
Then select the DNS address section and select manual.
Enter the primary and secondary DNS addresse you took note of earlier (these are found in the Internet tab of Airport Utility)
Save these settings.
You're done!
Test your xBox connection and good luck.
Airport Extreme-OTHER, Airport Extreme setup for xBox Live
