topic Re: 5G Smart hub 3 work with a modem in Mobile Broadband

5G Smart hub 3 work with a modem

Tbriggs_11 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:36:09 GMT

Hi I own a 5G wireless router and was wondering if a modem would work for me to able to get a IP address my Xbox will recognise since it shows NAT type strict would this fix my problem

Re: 5G Smart hub 3 work with a modem

Mustrum — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:43:14 GMT

@Tbriggs_11 I do not beleive that is possible.

Re: 5G Smart hub 3 work with a modem

JimM11 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:08:15 GMT

@Tbriggs_11 Mobile broadband and gaming just do not go together!

Re: 5G Smart hub 3 work with a modem

XRaySpeX — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:27:11 GMT

@Tbriggs_11 : A modem to what? To a fixed line BB connection? That could only work if your mobile router takes a WAN port.

I can't see that the xBox would see its public IP anyway but that makes no diff to the xBox. It's not the IP that the xBox sees that causes the strict NAT but the employment of CGNAT on the mobile network resulting in a double NAT.

So overall it could work when your mobile router has a WAN port by replacing the mobile network by fixed BB.