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XR500 and mesh extender
Hey, i bought the nighthawk xr500 gaming router with mesh extender a while ago, i followed their setup guide on youtube. Almost everything works fine, the problem is when i use my ps4... i c...
- In WAN Settings switch NAT to Open and toggle SIP ALG, see if that helps.
my nat type is nat type 2 moderate, i can connect to people in game no problem, but not with voice chat in parties or to servers, it will give me infinite loading screens
In WAN Settings switch NAT to Open and toggle SIP ALG, see if that helps.
this does seem to fix the problem, but isn't having an open nat type a bad thing? i already do really appreciate this fix though
- No you want an open NAT because that allows you to connect properly to applications/services. You're still protected by the router firewall.
oh ok, anyway it seems to be working fine for now, so thank you so much, i didn't test everything yet but i can already connect with voice chat and hear people again haha, if problems do occur again i'll be asking for your help again, once again i really do appreciate it!
Udate:
After some more testing i can confirm now that,
Party chat works fine
All games work fine as well
in short your fix really helped me out, i appreciate it!