Strict NAT Issues. Please Help

{Parity} · May 16, 2016

A static IP address is not necessarily the same thing as a public IP address. However, a static IP address can be public and a public IP address can be static.

What it sounds like to me is the apartment complex is going to give you a static private IP address on their network where they can do configuration on your address to allow gaming from that IP address on their network.

comunist caleb · May 16, 2016

Then there is hope. I plan on grilling the IT guy they send out to better understand what happens on their end to better understand. I'll post here if this remedies the problem once he comes out today or tomorrow.

taidara · Oct 31, 2018

static or dynamic has nothing to do which type of address (public/private) is being assigned. This is the process where networking devices can either dynamically learn IP information (IP address/corresponding subnet mask/default gateway/DNS), or if it's
administratively configured (static). Whereas static IP is a fixed address that won't change intill it's administratively changed.

The link between your networking device and your ISPs router should be an IP address that is public routable on the internet.

{Parity}

A static IP address is not necessarily the same thing as a public IP address. However, a static IP address can be public and a public IP address can be static.

What it sounds like to me is the apartment complex is going to give you a static private IP address on their network where they can do configuration on your address to allow gaming from that IP address on their network.

comunist caleb

The IP Address that comes up for my WAN IP on the Trendnet router is 10.X.X.X

comunist caleb

Found out that our apartment complex will send out IT to establish a static IP address for gaming. I am going to assume that is the same thing as assigning a public IP address but I gotta do some research first. Anyone familiar with that?

comunist caleb

I was wondering this morning if it may be because of the modem though and if I should try putting it in "bridge mode" like I have heard other people talking about. When I search for my IP online its like: 67.XXX.XXX.XXX. I'm guessing that's a public IP so
then I just have to figure out where it's being made a private IP via NAT, right?

KindGryphon

When your connected to the modem/router combo if your on a windows computer press and hold the 'windows key' and the press the letter r on your keyboard. This should open a run window. Type 'cmd' then click open. This will open command prompt. In that window
type 'ipconfig' youll see a bunch of info. Under where it says 'local area connection (or it might say 'ethernet adapter local area connection') look for the 'default gateway'. THAT is you modem/routers internal ip address. Typing that number into your web
browser will open the modem/routers configuration page to get to its settings. Hopefully this helps

Strict NAT Issues. Please Help