- Jan 15, 2016
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Firstly I'll describe the set up i have , it's quite basic and not complex
Router is a Billion 7800 wired router Which is connected Via it's Ewan port to a VDSL2 modem
Connected to the router There was 1 PC and 1 smart TV, The router is set up to allow each connected device to have it's own internal Static IP (No DHCP) Ports for the various applications on the PC have been manually forwarded and all has worked as intended for some time
More recently i have added a new PC (Additional PC) And allocated that with it's own static ip So i have 3 devices , All are able to connect to the internet ,
My problem started after i had installed my games on the new build PC although i can connect to the internet to browse the web ect, and have some connectivity in some games there's a problem with a non steam game, when i try and host, other players are unable to connect to my game, they can see it in the lobby but can't connect to it, The ports for the game have been forwarded in the router for the new internal IP given to the new PC but they are not being opened
I spent a lot of time testing various things and can say without doubt that it isnt the new PC or software on it, because i eliminated all that by simply changing the ip address of my older PC
And found by using the PF port forwarding tool that all the ports for the game that are directed to the new IP address are not open so the router isn't forwarding them properly , but it does forward ports fine for the older IP the 1st IP
My problem is why is this odd behaviour happening , ? and how can i fix it so i can forward the necessary ports on multiple pc's regardless of if the port numbers are replicated of not ?
Router is a Billion 7800 wired router Which is connected Via it's Ewan port to a VDSL2 modem
Connected to the router There was 1 PC and 1 smart TV, The router is set up to allow each connected device to have it's own internal Static IP (No DHCP) Ports for the various applications on the PC have been manually forwarded and all has worked as intended for some time
More recently i have added a new PC (Additional PC) And allocated that with it's own static ip So i have 3 devices , All are able to connect to the internet ,
My problem started after i had installed my games on the new build PC although i can connect to the internet to browse the web ect, and have some connectivity in some games there's a problem with a non steam game, when i try and host, other players are unable to connect to my game, they can see it in the lobby but can't connect to it, The ports for the game have been forwarded in the router for the new internal IP given to the new PC but they are not being opened
I spent a lot of time testing various things and can say without doubt that it isnt the new PC or software on it, because i eliminated all that by simply changing the ip address of my older PC
And found by using the PF port forwarding tool that all the ports for the game that are directed to the new IP address are not open so the router isn't forwarding them properly , but it does forward ports fine for the older IP the 1st IP
My problem is why is this odd behaviour happening , ? and how can i fix it so i can forward the necessary ports on multiple pc's regardless of if the port numbers are replicated of not ?
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