My Xbox one won't connect to the internet cas I need to CHANGE FILTER MAC ADDRESS

Hi there,

It could be that the router is filtering out the console's MAC address. What can be done is to log in to the router's settings and from there make sure it's not filtering out the console's MAC. If it is we would need toadd
your console's MAC address to your router's list of authorized MAC addresses.

A good website that tends to guide through this process and even gives the login information for the routers (most of them) is
https://portforward.com/

If you change your router's MAC filtering settings, restart your router before trying to connect to Xbox Live.

trying to see if my issue is the mac filtering problem. but the routerlogin.net url doesn't go to a site and when i put in IP address does the same. need help. says i have internet but can't connect.

Is my router filtering my xbox console's MAC address?

Can you console access the internet? If so, then no it's not being filtered.

Hey there!

Nice to meet you! My name is Christian, an independent advisor. I'm here to help you out.

Is there any way to add your console MAC address to your router's authorized list?

Or, turn off MAC filtering temporarily on your router to see if MAC filtering is preventing your console from connecting.

To add your console's MAC address to your router's authorized list, you’ll need to get your console's MAC address. Here's how:

Press the Xbox button  to open the guide.

Select Profile & System> Settings > General > Network settings.

Select Advanced Settings.

Write down your Wireless MAC address.

Next, add your console's MAC address to your router's list of authorized MAC addresses. To change MAC filtering settings on your router, refer to your router documentation or the hardware manufacturer's website. If you change your router's MAC filtering settings, restart your router before trying to connect.

Now test your connection again (Profile & System> Settings > General > Network settings > Test network connection).

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-ne...

(The link is in English)

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Christian.

Again, sorry guys, but I've discovered the root cause of my particular problem. it is an internet filter.

I go to college and I'm trying to use my xbox on campus internet. The campus has a MAC authorization system so that each MAC address (hence each computer) must log in via an HTML log-in page and it stays authenticated for a few weeks until one must authenticate
again.

In order to get around this I spoofed the MAC address on my desktop (a mac mini, so rather easy with terminal), logged into the campus internet connection, then reverted my MAC address on my desktop to its original and logged in again.

On the xbox you can specify an alternate MAC address, I simply set this to the spoofed address I mentioned earlier. This seemed to work for a few days, and then the problem I mentioned in the previous posts began to happen. I'm guessing the filter caught
on to my shenanigans.

To check this, I connected my desktop to my phone's internet via wifi tethering and shared the connection with my xbox via ethernet. Lo and behold, the errors are gone, and Live works perfectly again.

I know this doesn't necessarily help any of you other guys, but It may be a start.