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    GeorgePatches @Master Henry
    last edited by Jun 27, 2024, 2:50 PM

    @Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:

    I do not want UPNP on.

    Any particular reason? It would make life easier for you.

    @Master-Henry said in Building my own router.:

    How do I port forward?

    Step 1, you need to setup your xbox with a static IP. So either manually set that on the xbox or assign it a static lease in pfsense.

    Step 2 to X, follow theses instructions. Assigning port forwards

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      Master Henry @GeorgePatches
      last edited by Master Henry Jun 28, 2024, 12:22 PM Jun 28, 2024, 12:17 PM

      @GeorgePatches

      Hey George, sorry for the late response. Been playing around with my pfsense router.

      Xbox NAT is still strict if I forward all the required ports by Microsoft/Xbox. For one of my PC programs, I port forward a port and it opened up.

      Do I need to enable UPNP? I know that there is a deny tick box. On my consumer routers, I disable UPNP because of security reasons/concerns and for gaming NAT. I would get moderate/strict NAT.

      Is there another way?

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by Jun 28, 2024, 12:40 PM

        You might need a static outbound NAT rule for the xbox to prevent it changing the source port.

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nat/outbound.html#nat-staticport

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          JonathanLee @stephenw10
          last edited by Jun 29, 2024, 4:25 AM

          @stephenw10 I went this route for games it works amazingly well, I also have it running on a different subnet and interface so my NAS and secure VPN side doesnโ€™t see or touch the gaming guest network. Great guide

          Make sure to upvote

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            Master Henry @stephenw10
            last edited by Jun 29, 2024, 8:18 PM

            @stephenw10 said in Building my own router.:

            You might need a static outbound NAT rule for the xbox to prevent it changing the source port.

            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nat/outbound.html#nat-staticport

            @stephenw10 I believe I did it right, but my NAT is still strict. I also added my xbox via DHCP leases and set up a static IP. Are there any other ways without using UPNP?

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by Jun 29, 2024, 8:30 PM

              How did you do it? You have screenshots?

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                Master Henry @stephenw10
                last edited by Jun 30, 2024, 12:24 PM

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by Jun 30, 2024, 2:35 PM

                  The source address there should be the static IP address reservation for the xbox in the LAN subnet. That should be in the private LAN subnet and as such there is no need to obscure it.

                  The translation address needs to be the WAN address not LAN.

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                    Master Henry @stephenw10
                    last edited by Jun 30, 2024, 2:43 PM

                    @stephenw10

                    The Source IP address is my Xbox. I switched to WAN instead of LAN for translation and it's still strict after restarting my Xbox. I haven't rebooted my router.

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by Jun 30, 2024, 3:12 PM

                      With the rule as it was set I'm surprised the xbox could connect out at all. Try clearing the states.

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