What is the difference between a static ip and public ip address? Xbox one nat type problem?

Question

I recently purchased an xbox one and am trying to open my nat type for better multiplayer connections and such. Right now it is strict and going through microsofts troubleshoot at http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/nat-error-solution it eventually asks if I have a private or public ip address and says to go to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ to figure it out. Doing this I realize I have a private IP address and this is my main problem and it says to contact your isp to request a public ip or you will not be able to resolve the problem. I did this and was told I have the option to pay more for a static IP address. My question now is this what I am looking for or is my isp simply unable to provide me with what I need to resolve the issue? Sorry for the long question

Answer 1

When you have a home router, this allows you to have multiple computer (or games consoles, phones, etc) connected and using the Internet simultaneously. Each device will have a unique private IP, which is normally assigned automatically by the router. These private addresses frequently start with 192.168....



The router uses a feature called Network Address Translation to map all outgoing packets so that they use one single IP address on the Internet. This is your public IP address, which is assigned by your ISP. The really clever bit about NAT is when a response arrives from a remote server, the router will automatically map that response back on to the correct private IP address for the correct computer. For most home users, the public IP is dynamic, meaning that it may change to other addresses that the ISP has been assigned for allocation to its customers.



Normally, when you are in a gaming situation, there are certain steps you may need to take:



1) Whatever device you are using for gaming may have to be on a fixed address on your private network. You need to find an address that is not already in use, is on the same sub-net as the router, and is outside the address range that the router can use to allocate addresses to other devices automatically.



2) You may need to set up port forwarding in the router so that packets arriving from the Internet that are not is response to an outgoing packet are directed to the correct device on your private network.



3) If you are hosting a server, you may need a Dynamic DNS service such as dyn.com or no-ip.com to provide a mapping from a fixed name for your Internet connection on to your public IP address, which may be dynamic and therefore changing.



I hope this helps you decide what you need.

Answer 2

If you have a router, you have BOTH a public IP Address and a private IP Address. The public IP Address is the address that is given, then, to the router, and your private IP Address is most likely 192.168.##.## where the "##" represents the last two numbers are assigned by your router.



If your computers can access the internet, then you MUST also have a public IP Address, or you would not be able to access any pages from the outside world, such as google.com, or yahoo.com.



If you want to know what your public IP Address is, it is simple to get, just go to your computer, and put http://ipchicken.com into your browser's address field, and hit the "enter" key. The site will come up and tell you everything you will need to know for your XBOX.



I hope this helps.

Answer 3

You don't need a static IP, which is what your ISP is offering you.

You need to understand your own network better, as in what kind of modem do you have? Fibre, cable, ADSL etc. does it have built in wifi or do you have a wifi router plugged into it?



Most modern routers nowdays support UPnP so you don't need to manually port foward your private IP.



If you must try it look at how to do on your router here:

http://portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/Xbox_One/

Answer 4

EVERY computer connection through a router to the Internet has both a private and public IP address. The computer has an address within the private address pool of the router DHCP. The router has a public IP address issued by the ISP. The public address is usually dynamic, as public addresses are in short supply for the Internet. It can change at any time. All you really need to do is forward appropriate ports on your router to the Xbox private IP address. whether your public IP is static or dynamic makes no difference as the Xbox server will read the ACTUAL public address each time you connect. If you require others to connect to your machine you would need to notify them of your public address. If it ever changes you need to notify the changes. If you pay extra for a public IP address you would never need to tell them after the first time. But be aware once you have a static IP your ISP will NOT change it for any reason. It is for the life of your contract.

Answer 5

why are all the answers so short these days?