questions for router/networking guru's (dd-wrt)
PhantomOG
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I'm looking for help on getting my client bridge setup for my PS3. Using the wireless built-in the PS3, I can play games like MW2 relatively stable (hardly ever get kicked off or notice too much lag). However, Netflix streaming sometimes dips out of HD levels and reverts to SD.
I just bought and setup a wrt54g-tm with dd-wrt and got it hooked up in client bridge mode. Doing the network connection test on the PS3, with the built-in wireless I got ~3Mbps. Hooked up the bridge to the PS3 lan port and now I'm up to ~15Mbps. Nice! BUT.... now whenever I start up a MW2 online game session, I always get kicked/lose connection after a few minutes. Don't notice any lag, just always lose the connection.
As a test, I hooked up a laptop to the bridge as well, and was streaming an HD video from Hulu this morning for over an hour with no hiccups.
Any ideas? Any settings I need to fiddle with on the client bridge? I assume my AP is OK, since I didn't have issues before (its a wrt610N with dd-wrt as well).
I just bought and setup a wrt54g-tm with dd-wrt and got it hooked up in client bridge mode. Doing the network connection test on the PS3, with the built-in wireless I got ~3Mbps. Hooked up the bridge to the PS3 lan port and now I'm up to ~15Mbps. Nice! BUT.... now whenever I start up a MW2 online game session, I always get kicked/lose connection after a few minutes. Don't notice any lag, just always lose the connection.
As a test, I hooked up a laptop to the bridge as well, and was streaming an HD video from Hulu this morning for over an hour with no hiccups.
Any ideas? Any settings I need to fiddle with on the client bridge? I assume my AP is OK, since I didn't have issues before (its a wrt610N with dd-wrt as well).
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Problem solved. Googling/searching for Xbox instead of PS3 lead me to some tips of enabling UPnP and this did the trick.
Solution:
On the main router (AP), go to router setup page, go to NAT/QOS tab, go to UPnP sub-tab, click enable on UPnP Service and click enable on Clear port forwards at startup. Save, apply. Done.
Now on the ModernWarfare2 online screen, my NAT type is "Open" instead of the previous "Moderate". I played several sessions and I'm not getting kicked anymore. Netflix rates have gone up from ~3Mpbs max to ~5-6Mbps max. -
Glad you got it fixed, I have been getting booted a lot lately too. I may have to look into the UPnP settings on my router too.
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wow, I'm really surprised at the difference going from NAT type "Moderate" to "Open" makes on the PS3.
When I first started playing MW2 online, I was quite disappointed on how long it took to get into a match, it seemed like forever compared to MW1 on how long it took to get me into a match.
Now that my NAT type is open, its very quick again. Just a few seconds usually, compared to sometimes several minutes before. Its strange that it affects MW2, I never had that problem before on MW1.
