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Internet Setup Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
So recently I've been trying to play online (ps3) and when I try to look for a game it always puts me in the same lobby which is laggy as hell over and over again, with the same people. I did some research and it says it's because your connection. So I went through the hassle of trying to get it back to OPEN nat type, and I've been playing around with this **** for like 2 hours looking up youtube videos and ps3 support pages. And it doesn't work, if any of you are good at doing this kinda stuff, please explain to me this 1 thing,
http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/Tom-Clancy-... on this page, I've been following the instructions and I'm up the the bottom last 2 where you have to go on your PC and do something with your router's settings, there were pictures but the site it was taken from was taken down/suspended so there isn't much visual help.
"#3 Configuring Your Router for DMZ and Port Forwarding
Technically, you should not need to setup both the DMZ feature of your router and Port Forwarding. But experience has shown that many residential routers do not have a fully functioning DMZ feature.
In this exercise, we will run through configuring a DLink router to enable the DMZ and set up Port Forwarding.
The router is configued through a Web browser (i.e. Firefox or Internet Explorer) of a PC on your home network. To access the router configuration pages, open your browser and type the IP address of your router you got from Getting Your Router's IP Address in the address bar and press enter.
You should be promted for a user name and password. On most DLink routers the username is 'admin' and the password is left blank. If you change the default username and password, you will need to enter that information. Your router may have a different default username and password. Check your router's documentation, try their support site, or here http://www.phenoelit.de/dpl/dpl.html
Once you get logged into your router you are ready to begin configuring it to allow PSN traffic through.
1. To enable the DMZ feature and make your PS3 the DMZ Host, click on the Advanced Settings top menu, then Firewall Settings on the left menu.
On this page do the following:
- Check the box next to Enable DMZ Host
- Enter the IP Address of your PS3 for the DMZ IP Address. This is most likely either 192.168.1.50 or 192.168.0.50. This is the IP Address we assigned to the PS3 in Configure the PS3 for a Static IP Address.
- Leave Schedule as always
- Click on Save Settings (VERY IMPORTANT)
After clicking on Save Settings your router will most likely restart. There will be a delay while the router is restarting. Once the router is back up. Move on to step 2.
2. Configure the Router for Port Forwarding. In this step we will forward all of the appropriate PSN ports to the PS3. On the menu's select Advanced then Port Forwarding.
In this section you need to add all of the ports for the PS3.
Here are the ports and what you should enter:
Name IP Address (IP Address of the PS3) Start End Traffic Type PS3-1 192.168.0.50 80 80 TCP PS3-2 192.168.0.50 443 443 TCP PS3-4 192.168.0.50 5223 5223 TCP PS3-5 192.168.0.50 3478 3478 UDP PS3-6 192.168.0.50 3479 3479 UDP PS3-7 192.168.0.50 3658 3658 UDP
Make sure you are using the correct IP Address of your PS3. The IP Address above is just an example.
Make sure and check the box in the far left column to enable the port forwarding for that line. You should have seven boxes checked.
Click the Save Settings button and let your router reboot itself. DON'T FORGET TO SAVE!
3. Enable the UPnP feature of the router. This should be the last step. Again, on the menu, select ADVANCED on the top menu then click on ADVANCED NETWORK on the left menu:
For this step, just check the box next to Enable UPnP.
Then click on Save Settings and let the Router reboot."
Here are the steps I am missing/ do not understand. Can anyone explain what the **** this **** wants me to do? And isn't there a easier way to reset your router to make your party say "NAT type: OPEN" not moderate or strict? Thanks in advance
1 Answer
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't know the answer to your question but I thought I'd give you some advice so that you're more likely to get a response from someone who does: make your question shorter. It is unlikely that anybody is going to read through all of that and then answer it. You'd be better off summarising your question to something like:
"How do I configure my router to set the NAT type to 'Open' for ps3 online gaming? I've tried <insert link here> but I have no idea what the last two points want me to do."
Good luck sorting your problem!