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mwjscn
Aspirant
Jun 11, 2016

CG3000Dv2 - Can't connect to game servers, general surfing is fine

About a little more than a month ago (had router for 3 years), I found myself unable to connect to game servers (across the board, no particular game in general) and some voice servers. The comput...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Jun 14, 2016

Hello Mwjscn

 

Are you gaming on a console or PC? Have you tried to port forward? I would also check your ethernet cords make sure its not a issue with them since you said the PC shows disconnected alot.

 

DarrenM

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mwjscn
Aspirant
Jun 19, 2016

PC

 

As the OP says, I tried port forwarding without success. A port scan shows all ports as filtered, even when firewall is completely off and port forwarding is enabled. 

I doubt it's an issue with the ethernet. Complete internet failure has only occured a couple times. I can browse the internet just fine, it just seems like something is blocking the connection to game and voice servers.

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    mwjscn
    Aspirant
    Jun 19, 2016

    Just to rule out ethernet, I changed the cable to another one and the issue persists. 

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      mwjscn
      Aspirant
      Jun 20, 2016

      I turned NAT off and it works flawlessly, but obviously now my WiFi connection doesn't work. 

      Does that give you any clues onto the root cause of the issue?

      Thanks

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        DarrenM
        Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
        Jun 24, 2016

        Mwjscn

         

        So after disabling NAT you have no wifi connection at all?

         

        DarrenM