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having trouble wkth network on my xbox through tmobie home internet
So the wifi seems to work fine on my Xbox and other devices but for some reason, my Xbox can't connect to Xbox live party. This is weird cause my Xbox is working fine but it's sayings it's a network ...
It is a problem with TMO's topology, basically.
They are an IPv6 only network... so all v4 addressing is shunted through a 464XLAT tunnel--which by default breaks peer to peer communications (doesn't forward ports properly).
They either need to put up some funky translation layers, or choose a better strategy for dealing with dual-stack environments.
Just arranging us to run IPv6 delegations locally would solve a lot of issues too, though it could still knacker up games and such that still rely solely on v4 addressing schemes.
In theory, running a VPN that supports P2P could get around it. Some have reported success with some VPN's, but that incurs additional costs and adds a layer of complexity. The free to use ones don't support port forwarding--have to pay for it, and may need to be run on a router for some devices to take advantage of it. May not be worth it for some.
