• Guide to Home Networking
  How to set up your own home network quickly and painlessly.
• Routers and Xbox Live
  Everything you need to know about routers on Xbox Live.
• Diagnosing Xbox Live Connections
  Use the Xbox Dashboard to solveICMP, MTU, and NAT issues.
• Lose the Lag
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Router Workarounds

You can make the following routers work with Xbox Live.

• Netgear FM-114P
• Netgear FR-114P
• Netgear MR-314 fw v. 3.29
• Netgear RT-311 fw v. 3.25
• Netgear RT-314 fw v. 3.25
• Netgear RP-334 fw v. 3.26
• Netgear RP-114 fw v. 3.26
• SMC 7004VWBR
• ZyXEL Prestige 310
  

These workarounds include:

1. Selecting an IP address for your Xbox that is not within the range of DHCP addresses your router gives out automatically.
2. Assigning that selected IP address to your router's DMZ setting.
3. Configuring your Xbox to use the selected manual IP address.

Each workaround is provided below:

Netgear FM-114P
Netgear FR-114P

Determine the current range of IP Addresses

1. Log in using the default username: admin and password: password.
   The Netgear settings screen appears.
2. On the left navigation bar, below Advanced, click LAN IP Setup.
3. In the Use Router as DHCP Server area of the screen, note the numbers at the end of the starting and ending IP addresses.

The manual (also known as static)IP address you set must be a number that is outside the current range. For example, if the range is 192.168.0.02 to192.168.0.51, you could choose to assign 192.168.0.99 as the IP address for your Xbox.

Assign your Xbox IP Address

1. On the left navigation bar, below Security, click Rules.
2. In the Rules screen, make sure Default DMZ server is checked.
   There should be no numbers at the end ofthe IP Address.
3. Set your IP address as 192.168.0.99.
4. Click Apply.
5. Close the browser window and reboot your router.

Configure your Xbox console with the static IP Address

Netgear RT-311 firmware version 3.25
Netgear RT-314 firmware version 3.25

1. With your router connected to your PC, click Start, select Run and type cmd.
2. In the command window, type ipconfig and press Enter.
3. Replace the IP address listed next to Default Gatewaywith start http://xxx.xxx.x.x (type the default gateway IP address instead of x's).
4. Press Enter.
   You will be prompted for a username and password.
5. Username is admin. The default password is either 1234 or password.
   
   Note See the Netgear website for a list of default passwords, or for information on changing your password.
   
6. Click Advanced. On the left panel, click LAN.
   
   The numbers you are interested in are Pool Starting Address and Count.
   
   
   

7. Add Count number to the last number of the Pool Starting Address. This will produce the range of IP addresses your router is assigning.
   
   For example, if the Pool Starting Address = 192.168.0.2 and the Count = 32, the range is 192.168.0.2 – 192.168.0.34. So you would want to choose a manual IP of 192.168.0.35 or higher.
   
8. On the left panel, click Ports. Enter your new IP address below Server IP Address.
   
   

9. Click Apply, and wait a couple seconds until a message similar to, "Status: write to the router successful" appears on the bottom of the screen.
10. Power cycle your router by turning it off and then turning it back on again.
11. In the Xbox Dashboard, set upyour IP address as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    IP address: [enter new address here]
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Gateway: [enter the IP address of your router]
    
12. In the Xbox Dashboard,navigate to DNS Server and set it up as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    Primary DNS: [enter the IP address of your router]
    Alternate DNS: [enter the DNS server that your ISP tells you to use]

Your Xbox should now be able to connect.

The steps for the next set of routers are almost identical to the previous list.

Netgear MR-314 firmware version 3.29
Netgear RP-334 firmware version 3.26

Netgear RP-114 firmware version 3.26

1. With your router connected to your PC, click Start, select Run and type cmd.
2. In the command window, type ipconfig and press Enter.
3. Replace the IP address listed next to Default Gateway with start http://xxx.xxx.x.x (type the default gateway IP address instead of x's).
4. Press Enter.
   You will be prompted for a username and password.
5. Username is admin. Netgear default password is either 1234 or password.
   
   Note See the Netgear website for a list of default passwords, or information on changing your password.
   
6. Click Advanced. On the left panel, click LAN.
   
   The numbers you are interested in are Pool Starting Address and Count.
   
   

7. Add Count number to the last number of the Pool Starting Address. This will produce the range of IP addresses your router is assigning.
   
   For example, if the Pool Starting Address = 192.168.0.2 and the Count = 32, the range is 192.168.0.2 – 192.168.0.34. So you would want to choose a manual IP of 192.168.0.35 or higher.
   
8. On the left panel, click Ports. Enter your new IP address in the space for Default DMZ Server.
   
   

9. Click Apply, and wait a couple seconds until a message similar to,"Status: write to the router successful" appears at the bottom of the screen.
10. Power cycle your router by turning it off and then on again.
11. In the Xbox Dashboard, set up your IP address as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    IP address: [enter new address here]
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Gateway: [enter the IP address of your router]
    
12. In the Xbox Dashboard, go to DNS Server and set it up as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    Primary DNS: [enter the IP address of your router]
    Alternate DNS: [enter the DNS server that your ISP tells you to use]

Your Xbox should now be able to connect.

The steps for the next set of routers are almost identical to the previous list.

SMC 7004VWBR

Determine the range of IP Addresses

1. In the SMC Login Screen, click Login.
2. In the SMC main window, click Advanced Setup.
3. In the Advanced Setup window, click LAN on the lefthand navigation bar.
4. In the Lan Settings screen, note the IP Address Pool Start and End IP addresses.

The manual (also known as static)IP address you set must be a number that is outside the current range. For example, if the range is 192.168.0.100 to192.168.0.199, you could choose to assign 192.168.0.99 as the IP address for your Xbox.

Assign Your Xbox IP Address

1. On the lefthand navigationbar, click Firewall.
2. In the Firewall screen, click Enable and click Apply.
3. Click DMZ, and if necessary, click Enable DMZ.
   Note the Public IP Address and Client PC IP Address.
   
   The Client IP address you want to change is at the top of the column.
   
4. Set your manual IP address as 192.168.0.99.
5. Click Apply.
6. Close the browser window and reboot your router.

Configure your Xbox console with the static IP Address

ZyXEL Prestige 310

1. With your router connected to your PC, click Start, select Run and type cmd.
2. In the command window, type ipconfig and press Enter.
3. Replace the IP address listed next to Default Gateway with start http://xxx.xxx.x.x (type the default gateway IP address instead of x's).
4. Press Enter.
   You will be prompted for a username and password.
5. Username is admin. The default password is either 1234 or password.
   
   Note See the ZyXEL website for a list of default passwords, or information on changing your password.
   
6. Click Advanced. On the left panel,click LAN.
   
   The numbers you are interested in are Pool Starting Address and Count.
   
   

7. Add Count number to the last number of the Pool Starting Address.This will produce the range of IP addresses your router is assigning.
   
   For example, if the Pool Starting Address = 192.168.0.2 and the Count = 32, the range is 192.168.0.2 – 192.168.0.34. So you would want to choose a manual IP of 192.168.0.35 or higher.
   
8. On the left panel, click SUA/NAT. Enter your new IP address under Server IP Address.
   
   

9. Click Apply, and wait a couple seconds until a message similar to, "Status: write to the router successful" appears on the bottom of the screen.
10. Power cycle your router by turning it off and then turning it back on again.
11. In the Xbox Dashboard, set up your IP address as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    IP address: [enter new address here]
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Gateway: [enter the IP address of your router]
    
12. In the Xbox Dashboard,go to DNS Server and set it up as follows:
    
    Config: Manual
    Primary DNS: [enter the IP address of your router]
    Alternate DNS: [enter the DNS server that your ISP tells you to use]

Your Xbox should now be able to connect.

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