XBOX One Server URL's or IP addresses needed

FungalLemming90 · Apr 16, 2014

Hi,

I am running a network and my customers report that they cannot receive game downloads, updates or online gaming whilst connecting through my network - just queues constantly.

I have isolated the issue to a web filtering device (Bluecoat), which when I bypass the updates work.

I need to leave this filtering device on at all times, but as a workaround am trying to set up a manual bypass for XBOX One related destinations.

I identified one XBOX server IP address during troubleshooting which when i manually bypassed, worked fine.

The problem is that there are many different server addresses.

My question is, does anyone know of the IP address range or URL associated with XBOX One game downloads, updates etc....?

Many thanks!!!

:)

taidara · Apr 16, 2014

I can't connect to my home network

Greetings InaudibleCow!

Appreciate if you can post up the model number of your Motorola modem.

[quote user="InaudibleCow350"]All 3 were asking me for the ports that needed to be open and the static IP address that is needed to be applied manually[/quote]

[quote user="InaudibleCow350"]A:[mod removed]/255.255.248.0[/quote]The only reason I can think of why your IP address was removed is because it shows a public IP address. Have you assign your Xbox static IP? If so, how did you obtain this IP address and how
did you configure it? Since you're Xbox is sitting behind your NAT you should be getting an internal (non-routable) IP address within the start and end pool of your DHCP server range.

tmcginnis(2) · Apr 16, 2014

Xbox 360 Network Connection Problems

I have found one thing, My DHCP server is trying to assign the Xbox an IP address, I see the router assign an IP address to the Xbox but the Xbox never picks it up.

Jaymo1978 · Apr 16, 2014

Hi Lemming! I'm not too well-versed in this type of traffic directly on the server-side, so what I'm about to say may not help. First, I'm not too sure if the IP addresses of the servers which handle gaming and system traffic are publicized at all. I'm not
actually sure how the servers at Redmond work, that is, if there is a set IP range, or if they assign addresses more dynamically than that.

Let me ask, though, is it possible this type of traffic is being blocked based on the PORTS rather than the IP addresses? The Xbox One uses a wide variety of ports for its network traffic, including:

Port 88 (UDP)

Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)

Port 53 (UDP and TCP)

Port 80 (TCP)

Port 500 (UDP)

UDP Port 3544 (UDP)

UDP Port 4500 (UDP)

The following link has the information for individual users forwarding ports using their personal networking hardware. I'm curious if there might be a way to set up handling rules for these Ports in that Bluecoat device. Since the device sees it as high-demand
P2P traffic, it might just be blocking it outright, but I would think there'd be a way to work around it on the network admin side.

Xbox One Network Ports | Xbox Live Network Ports

Jaymo1978

Hi Lemming! I'm not too well-versed in this type of traffic directly on the server-side, so what I'm about to say may not help. First, I'm not too sure if the IP addresses of the servers which handle gaming and system traffic are publicized at all. I'm not
actually sure how the servers at Redmond work, that is, if there is a set IP range, or if they assign addresses more dynamically than that.

Let me ask, though, is it possible this type of traffic is being blocked based on the PORTS rather than the IP addresses? The Xbox One uses a wide variety of ports for its network traffic, including:

Port 88 (UDP)

Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)

Port 53 (UDP and TCP)

Port 80 (TCP)

Port 500 (UDP)

UDP Port 3544 (UDP)

UDP Port 4500 (UDP)

The following link has the information for individual users forwarding ports using their personal networking hardware. I'm curious if there might be a way to set up handling rules for these Ports in that Bluecoat device. Since the device sees it as high-demand
P2P traffic, it might just be blocking it outright, but I would think there'd be a way to work around it on the network admin side.

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/network-ports-used-xbox-live

tmcginnis(2)

I have found one thing, My DHCP server is trying to assign the Xbox an IP address, I see the router assign an IP address to the Xbox but the Xbox never picks it up.

taidara

Hey there Trophic!

You can do as ROZILLA suggested, this will work as well. However, you need to direct your Xbox Primary DNS to a DNS server. This can not be done by having your Xbox DNS settings set to automatic. The DNS server is your routers IP address or a public DNS
server. You can open the Terminal window and type "dig" (without quotes). There you will find "Server" followed by its IP address (the router) and port number (#53) listed as well. Like this: ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1).

You do not need to setup manually DHCP, only configure with DHCP. Open Terminal window and type ifconfig en0 (en0=wired, 0=zero). Below your APIPA address (169.254.xxx.xxx) you'll find the IP address for the airport (mine is currently 192.168.2.1). For your
Xbox IP address you need to type in your inet number but with the last number being one digit higher (e.g. 192.168.2.2).

You will have a moderate NAT when sharing your internet connection using a Mac.

taidara

If you need to assign your console static IP configuration, instead of having the DHCP server assign your console IP settings automatically (IP address, Default gateway, Subnet mask, DNS information), you'll have to mirror the port forwarding rule from the
router you connect to at your barracks, to the one at your girlfriends house.

I would also suggest that you don't use a unique IP address for your console that are within the DHCP's dynamically range of the IP pool.

Lower the DHCP server IP pool end address and assign your console static IP address outside of this range.

Darth1337

You should be able to set an Alternate MAC address on the Xbox One, as well as specify a static IP address and DNS servers.

XBOX One Server URL's or IP addresses needed