Games won't connect to internet and I can't connect to port 80

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Out of nowhere my games stopped connecting to their online servers but I could surf the web, so I did some research and found out I am not connecting to port 80.
So I went onto my router settings and went to port forwarding but for some reason can't get it to connect.
I have included some pictures in the link below:

https://i.imgur.com/EA2UHTz.png
https://i.imgur.com/2DvPYQE.png

One last thing to add is it happened after I installed a new gpu, but that could be coincidence.
 
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Port 80 is the default http port, your router probably won't let you change it unless you specify another port for that purpose first.

But take a step back, you should not need to forward 80 (or 443 -- https port) for gaming. 80 works if your browser is working. What games are you playing, what OS? Many games use specific ports for multiplayer.
 
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Forwarding port 80 to a specific IP address will cause web browsing to break for every computer except the one at that IP address. That's probably why your router is not letting you change it.

Modern routers have some ways of detecting which ports a game is using and automatically forwarding them. A game update or change in your network may have broken this. If so, you'll have to find out which ports each game uses, and manually forward them to your gaming computer's IP address. (You should give your gaming computer a static IP address as well.)
 
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Thanks for the answer, this morning I set my pc to a static ip address so that should be ok.
One thing I am going to add though is it happened as soon as I put in a new gpu, that probably doesn't have anything to do with it but it is a weird coincidence
 
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Just port-forwarded all my game ports and it still didn't work. =-(
Any other solutions? I really want it fixed because I can finally run games with good settings but if the games won't even connect to their servers...
 
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Try testing if your port forwarding is actually working.

https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

I'm starting to suspect you have some malware or VPN installed which is redirecting all your Internet traffic to a different external IP address. Open up a browser on your gaming computer and type "what's my ip" into Google. Do the same on another device also connected your network. The reported IP address should be the same.
 
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Check the firewall setting on your pc. Temporarily disable it and see if it works different. Windows is too smart sometime and puts in restrictions because it thinks you are on a public network.

You are chasing the wrong problem with the port 80 stuff. You are not running a web server in your house. Many ISP block port 80 even if you were because too many stupid people do not know how to secure a web server. When you machine talks to servers on the internet the DESTINATION Address is port 80 the port your machines uses (ie source port) is random and the router is smart enough to make this work.

All the games you mention use central servers. These also are destination ports so you do not have to port map anything. The router again is smart enough to know if you send data to a destination port on the internet the traffic returning to your source port is allowed.

The only time you need to worry about port forwarding is if you are running some form of server. Something like private minecraft servers or direct peer to peer games where you play directly against another person.

Now there is a slim chance it is your router but generally unless you have been messing with the firewall settings the default is to allow all outbound traffic and any returning traffic.
 
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I have blocked my firewall near the beginning of the problem and it didn't work but I haven't tried disabling my avg firewall so I'll try that.
One last thing to add is when I launch a game my actual wifi just cuts straight off and I get no wifi bars but when I close a game the wifi bars come back again so maybe it is to do with my usb wifi adapter
 
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