Open Nat with VPN

[ghostlyrunsxbox]

Okay, so recently I had reset my laptop because it was running slow. Before I reset it, I would run on a VPN on my Xbox from my laptop(Wired Connection). I would get an Open nat. After I reset my laptop, I set my VPN back up and now I have a Moderate nat type. I have an Open Nat type when I connect through my wifi, but I need to run on a VPN for safety purposes on Xbox.

 

[failboat]

open nat type is a term that's misunderstood.

The service is checking your NAT to see if it's allowing an inbound connection on specific ports.

The way you do this has different security risks. Making your router accept all inbound connections is not a good one. "DMZ Hosts" are not good ones. It's not even a real DMZ when configured on one subnet. Most of them open more ports than needed, which is poor practice.

I would set a static ip on the xbox and use port forwarding. If you're connecting out to a vpn your end point is now located elsewhere and port forwarding would need to be configured on their NAT along with yours.