Xbox One NAT on moderate! Can't open it :(

[nrtrush]

My XBOX One NAT is on Moderate.

I have tried DMZ and portforwarding with no luck. please help if you got it to work!

[Vito]

Hi nrtrush,

I think I went a little overboard on my research, but my Xbox One was set to NAT Strict, and I had a feeling that it was going to be tough to achieve NAT Open coming from a Strict setting.  So after quite a bit of reading up on this, I ended up with a NAT Open setting by doing three things (and the first step may not even be needed).

1) I added a static DHCP lease for my Xbox One from the LAN Settings page (by going to the Almond+ admin page).
2) I went into OpenWRT, then Services (from the top menu), then UPnP.  My UPnP setting was enabled.  I had to disable it, then hit Save, then enable it again, and hit Save.
3) I then turned my Xbox One off, and then back on.  Once I did this, my Xbox was showing NAT Open.

I hope this helps, it seems like a simple fix but I'll have to see if the NAT status remains in an Open state.

[Vito]

I'm glad to report that the Open NAT is still in effect.  Did this fix the issue for you, nrtrush?

[nrtrush]

Nope. Still not working for me. I am getting ready to switch routers. This is ridiculous. port forwarding not working and DMZ not working for my xbox either.

[SethB]

Try enabling UPNP in the Open-WRT, I did that and I got NAT open without even having to forward any ports.

[j8048188]

As long as I've enabled UPnP, I've been able to have my NAS do all the automatic port forwards I need.

[nrtrush]

I have UPnP enabled already and still doesn't work. I have tried putting the static IP for my XB1 in DMZ / Lan settings / Disabling/renabling UPnP / Forwarding ports to no success. Had no problems before I switched to this router.

[nrtrush]

Any other ideas? This sucks not being able to play with friends.

[LGNilsson]

Did you contact our support team? They're there to help, but you're the one that's going to have to contact them or they won't know you've got a problem.