Super irritated and frustrated at the poor support and capabilities of a near-$200 router.
Simply put, I cannot play any games on my 2 xbox's because the UPnP seems to be failing to do it's job.
When using TWO (2) XBOX's and playing Rainbow Six (R6) or Apex Legends, or really ANY game that doesn't have a dedicated server (like Ark, Minecraft) the XBOX's randomly drop connection.
When using only ONE (1) XBOX, it will NEVER drop (unless remote servers are having issues, which is extremely rare).
Both read OPEN NAT on the systems, yet still somehow this keeps happening. Games literally REQUIRE UPnP to function correctly for multiple systems to operate as desired, so this absolutely must work correctly or Netgear is a waste of money.
Setup:
* Firmware Version - V1.0.9.64_10.2.64 (latest as of this writing)
* "Revert to Factory Default Settings" (how one FACTORY resets on a new firmware is beyond logic, but it was performed)
* Static IPs for both XBOX's
* UPnP currently set to OPEN (issue still occurs on SECURE) and ENABLED
* IPv6 Disabled
* Both XBOX's hard wired
Forum and Google searches show a TON of people having this issue, with no solutions (even if marked solved). This cannot go unnoticed anymore - it's 2019 and gaming is an important part of why people buy routers at all, otherwise they'd just use the default ISP routers.
Model: R7000|Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Router
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see your search parameters or results.
> [...] a TON of people having this issue, with no solutions (even if > marked solved). [...]
Perhaps there's a reason for that. If the game(s) involved use fixed ports, then I don't see how a router can guess how to direct an incoming message on those ports to the desired destination (if there is more than one possible destination).
> [...] This cannot go unnoticed anymore [...]
If you found "a TON of people having this issue", then it seems to have been noticed. Perhaps you should be complaining to the game suppliers, who don't allow you to specify different port numbers for different game instances. (If, in fact, they don't.)
