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Nighthawk M6 open Nat
I have a problem where my favourite game “destiny2” has internet based match making for the PVP there for not letting me join a game. A friend can take me into a game and it runs fine and I can also ...
aedcce wrote:I have a problem where my favourite game “destiny2” has internet based match making for the PVP there for not letting me join a game. A friend can take me into a game and it runs fine and I can also cue PVE content and it runs fine with other people.
I feel like having open NAT would fix this issue of putting me into a “internet pool/class” that is deemed not good enough to play with others in PVP.
I have checked the app and the browser control and cannot for the life of me find a option for open NAT. A guide I read told me it would be under Advanced-WAN settings. On my screen I have no WAN settings.
Since the M6 is a mobile router, most carriers, except for a few, uses CGNAT. And that's probably where the problem is. I doubt there is truly a way around this. There is not an option for openNAT in the M6, nor does the M6 control NAT on the WAN side, as this is something the cell tower (and thus the cell provider network) controls. CGNAT is one of the drawbacks of cellular internet, which itself stemmed from the limitations of IPV4 (from my humble understanding).