Airport Utility/Airport 6th Generation + Xbox One LIVE

Primopratsy's "steps" would attempt to reconfigure the AirPort base station for both port mapping and as a DMZ. I replied to his/her original post to ask them which is it that they are recommending ... but never got a response. To get most of the advanced Xbox Live features, the Xbox would have to be configured to be in a DMZ when using Apple base stations. That is because, Live depends on the UPnP protocol to open ports automatically and the Apple base stations DO NOT support UPnP. The Apple routers do support NAT-PMP, a similar protocol, but Microsoft does not support it with Live!

At best you can get a "Moderate NAT" setting by using port mapping. To get to "Open NAT" you would have to use a DMZ. Again this is with Apple routers. I had since created a User Tip on this topic.

Nevertheless, these are two different techniques to try to do the same thing, EXCEPT a DMZ would be a more "radical" approach. With port mapping you expose to the Internet only a set number of ports on the base station. On the other hand, with a DMZ, all of the base station's ports would be exposed. A far greater security risk.

Will this create a security risk? I saw you had the "allow teredo" checkmarked. Isn't that a security risk? If I port forward to my Xbox (like this video demonstrated) will it create issues for matchmaking on my PlayStation?

Do these changes make the router any less secure? I made the changes and it fixed the problem I was having with Xbox One group chat, but I candidly have very little idea what these steps actually did to my router/network. Could you please provide insight on any unintended consequences?

There is always a risk when you allow a device on the Internet to connect to your private network.

Be sure to password protect all of your network devices, so even if someone figures out how to connect to your network, they will not be able to connect to any devices unless they know or guess the password for the device.

So you're saying I should password protect my xbox? What's weird is everything was working fine for a long time, without having to customize any settings on my AirPort, but then one day it just stopped working. Ideally, I'd like my router to work with my xbox without having to change the default settings.

If you will check my post again, you will see that my recommendation was to password protect all of your network devices. That would include your router, computer, accessory devices, etc.....anything that might have personal data stored on the device.

In other words......assume the worst.....that someone can connect to your network. But, even if they can, they will not be able to access any of the data on any of the devices that you password protect.....unless they know or guess the password for each device.

You don't indicate exactly "how" you changed the settings on your router, so we don't know whether you set up a DMZ or you set up port mapping. But as Tesserax notes, the DMZ approach would represent a greater security risk than the port mapping approach.

Primopratsy - You are a god! Using Apple Airport Time Capsule with Comcast Xfinity and was getting all kinds of Destiny errors on my son's Xbox One. Ran thru your steps and it is working. THANK YOU!!

so where exactly do i type in my xbox one ip address??

Launch Apple Airport Utility

Choose Your Apple Airport Router and select Edit

Choose the "Network" tab and in DHCP Reservations use the + icon to add the Xbox One

You can get your Xbox Ones IP and Mac ID address:

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/network-settings

I'm a bit puzzled by your solution. In figure A & B you clearly show that you have established port mappings for the Xbox. However, if figure C, you have also configured the Xbox as a default host ... which is Apple's version of placing the Xbox in a DMZ. As you know, in a DMZ, ALL ports are already opened.

So what is you solution? To open ports or to use a DMZ ... or both?

I am wondering if doing this effects the internet speed of other devices connected to the Airport Extreme?

I too want to know if this will slow other devices on the Extreme? Second, this configuration will only work for one XBox One, what if there are multiples in the home? Third, how is this done with an iPad in lieu of MAC, I ask because the screens do not appear the same making my process more difficult. any assist would be appreciated.

will slow other devices on the Extreme?

The basic answer is no.. however wireless of course is a shared environment.. so I have to be sure what you mean.. will running xbox games online cause the rest of the network to slow down .. yes of course it will.. however that is only while you are actively using it.. the settings will not harm other applications .. unless they use the same ports.. and this is where things get ugly.. Ports can only be used once.. a port that is fixed cannot be fixed again to another location.. so that can cause applications to fail.. they won't slow.. they simply won't work.

Second, this configuration will only work for one XBox One, what if there are multiples in the home?

Multiple xboxes must have a upnp rated router.. there is no way to manually handle ports to multiple devices.. due to the above comments.. ports allocated to one device cannot be used again. upnp can overcome this.. so you must buy a router that is fully compatible .. buy one on the xbox compatible lists.. move the Airport to a secondary role.. as long as it doesn't route it will work fine.

Third, how is this done with an iPad in lieu of MAC, I ask because the screens do not appear the same making my process more difficult.

I was hoping some kind soul might have posted a YouTube video on how to do it.

It is harder without a keyboard to do anything .. at least to old guy like me.. but iPad should handle it ok.

Standby and I will post up some screenshots.

Set the port mapping on iOS version airport utility.

Go Advanced in the Utility

2. Port Settings

3. New Entry.

4. Type in a new name. And all the ports.. exactly as per the post at the top of the page.

5. Click on done.. done .. done however many times until you get to the update screen. Select update.

6. You are done.

Don't worry about the particulars of my setup.. this is double NAT and done purely for the purpose of showing port mapping.

I did not show setting a reservation but it is really not hard..

It is under Advanced/DHCP and NAT/Reservation/New Reservation.

I have never done port mapping on the ipad before.. follow your nose.. it is slightly different layout in how you progress from screen to screen, but about 5min of tapping screens will get you there.

What do i input for step 4 if i want to do this for my wii U