Manual IP Address Not Sticking! (XBOX ONE)

lettuce · 9 Sep 2015 at 20:49

I have a Virgin Superhun 2 (in modem mode) and a Linksys EA6900 wireless router, Im trying to setup a wired static IP connection on my XBOX ONE, but im having issues getting the IP address that i set to stick.

Im trying to use...

IP Address. 192.168.100.8
Subnet. 255.255.255.0
Gateway. 192.168.100.2
1st DNS. 194.168.4.100
2nd DNS. 8.8.4.4

But when going to save the settings, the Gateway and both DNS are set to what ive enter but the IP and Subnet are all 0's and then they change to some ip address i havent even set. Any ideas why the manual IP i set are not sticking?

bremen1874 · 9 Sep 2015 at 21:02

Configure a DHCP reservation on the router to always assign the IP you want based on the MAC address.

lettuce · 9 Sep 2015 at 21:09

Ah ok, yeah i saw that option.

Is DMZ not an option on newer routers nowadays?

Hobbsie · 10 Sep 2015 at 13:46

DMZ? open all ports right?

Hobbsie · 10 Sep 2015 at 13:48

i thought DMZ were mainly for servers for torrent downloads etc so it dosnt block any port.

Quartz · 10 Sep 2015 at 13:51

bremen1874 said:
Configure a DHCP reservation on the router to always assign the IP you want based on the MAC address.

This is the way to go. Then add port forwarding as necessary.

bledd · 10 Sep 2015 at 14:06

I've never ever had to use DMZ. It's a dangerous feature that 99.9% of people simply do not need.