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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:42:07 GMT

I know what I'm doing and I only need the ports.

Provided by Sony

• 80 (TCP)

• 81 (TCP/UDP)

• 443 (TCP)

• 3074 (TCP/UDP)

• 3075 (UDP)

• 3478 (UDP)

• 3479 (UDP)

• 3658 (UDP)

• 5223 (TCP)

• 10070 - 10080 (TCP/UDP)

Provided by Activision

• 80 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 443 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 5223 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 3074 (TCP/UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3478 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3479 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

[Duplicate] - You need not enter these again. These are simply for verification purposes.

What are the firewall (TCP and UDP) port numbers to connect online with PlayStation® products? (Sony Knowledge Base)

Cannot connect to server. (Activision Knowledge Base)

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:41:55 GMT

I don't need explanations and all I want is a refresher.

Setting up a static IP

[1.] Start up Playstation 3

[2.] Navigate to the settings tab.

[3.] Scroll down to Network Settings

[4.] Click X on "Settings and Connection Status List"

[5.] Write down the IP address, default router, the subnet mask, the primary and secondary DNS.

[6.] Click O, and scroll to Internet Connection Settings. Select Ok.

[7.] Select custom on the first panel, wired or wireless on the second and manual settings on the third.

[8.] If wired, on the "Speed and Duplex" panel, select Auto-Detect on the next. When done, or if wireless, select Manual on the IP settings panel.

[9.] Determine a proper static IP address to use. (192.168.X.XXX - Make XXX above 110, but not above 150. I use 149. Keep the X value the same.)

[10.] Here we'll need the information we collected earlier. Instead of the original IP address, use the one we decided on and fill in the rest like normal. Move the analog stick to the right when done.

[11.] Select "automatic" on the MTU panel, "Do not use" on the Proxy Server panel, and finally "Disable" on the UPNP panel.

[12.] Click X to enter and your settings are now saved. You can attempt to test your settings but they'll fail if you haven't forwarded your ports. Do that next.

Forwarding your ports.

[1.] Identify your router.

[2.] Visit portforward.com using the following links.

PlayStation Specific

Master List

Now, the guides should provide you with the needed ports. I for one like to double check things though, so I've grabbed the links you need to verify the ports and I'll also list them below. Make sure you double check!

Provided by Sony

• 80 (TCP)

• 81 (TCP/UDP)

• 443 (TCP)

• 3074 (TCP/UDP)

• 3075 (UDP)

• 3478 (UDP)

• 3479 (UDP)

• 3658 (UDP)

• 5223 (TCP)

• 10070 - 10080 (TCP/UDP)

Provided by Activision

• 80 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 443 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 5223 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 3074 (TCP/UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3478 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3479 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

[Duplicate] - You need not enter these again. These are simply for verification purposes.

What are the firewall (TCP and UDP) port numbers to connect online with PlayStation® products? (Sony Knowledge Base)

Cannot connect to server. (Activision Knowledge Base)

You should be done. Give your router and PS3 a power cycle if needed.

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:40:50 GMT

Show me how to forward my ports please! [Full Wireless Tutorial]

Setting up a static IP

Start up your PlayStation like normal and connect to the network if you haven't. Navigate to the settings tab and from there to the network settings tab. Here in network settings, let's click on "Settings and Connection Status List." Grab your pen/paper and take note of the IP address, the subnet mask, the default router and both DNS strings. Before we continue, let's consider something very important. What our static IP will be.

All IP addresses on a router follow the same scheme. E.g. 192.168.X.XXX. Many times the XXX set will be a relatively low number like 101 to 103 and the single X can range anywhere from 0 to 3+. The inherent function of a router is that it assigns IP addresses to new electronics as they connect to the router. With that in mind, our logical choice here is to pick something your router wouldn't normally assign any device connecting to your network. You don't need to go above 150, and most definitely do not need to go above 200+. Let's use 130 for now, you can always change this IP at any time, as I'm sure you'll never have 30 items connected to your router at once. Go ahead and use your router's single X it provided when you wrote your information down. We've got our IP of choice. Lightly scratch out the one you wrote down just now and write our new one, 192.168.X.130, next to it. Now let's move on.

There is a special case scenario regarding changing a static IP. We cover that in "I need to change my static IP. What do I do now?"

If you haven't already, back out of the "Settings and Connection Status List." Scroll down to "Internet Connection Settings" and select it. It's going to tell you that you need an Ethernet cable for a wired connection, acknowledge this to get to our next panel. Here we're going to select custom and then wireless connection on the following panel. Input your SSID either by means of scanning or manual input and then verify your WLAN security setting. [Pro Tip: Use WPA/WPA2 for your router. It's much more secure than WEP.] In this next panel it'll give you the option to select the operation mode for the router, go ahead and select manual settings.

In front of us now is a list of required information we wrote down a bit ago. Put everything in as normal except for the IP address. Remember that we selected 192.168.X.130 earlier. That IP address must go in as this is the critical point in setting it all up. Once you're done, move on to the next panel. Our MTU settings should be set to Automatic, our Proxy Server set to "do not use," and our UPNP disabled. We're at the end page after disabling UPNP, go ahead and review everything and click X. It'll ask us if we want to test our connection. Now, you could do this but you'd be puzzled as to why it may have just failed. Remember, our ports aren't forwarded yet. We have to do that next. Go ahead and leave that screen up for the moment and let's move on to the router settings.

Forwarding your ports.

This step is actually the harder of the two. Luckily we have a great website that will make handling this portion a lot easier. Grab your pen and pencil though, we'll need it again.

Let's identify the router we're using. Normally the make and model is written on the device itself. This information can be found usually on either the bottom or back of the device. If you're lucky, it'll be located on the top in plain view. You're looking for a brand name and a model number. Write it down once you've found it.With our router model in hand it's time to visit portforward.com. I've taken the liberty to provide you with two links. The first is specific to the PlayStation and the other is the master list which will house your router and all available guides for that router. You'll want to start with the first link and see if your router is there. I'm not positive on how often they update that page, so if you can't find your router use the master list. In the master list, you'll want to search for "PlayStation Network" after you've located your router and click on it. After you've followed either tutorial, look below for an additional list of ports that you need to forward to also. These ports have been collected via Sony's knowledge base and Activision's. Unfortunately, these additional ports will not be listed until they are released. Check back often. We'll address later on if you can't find your router in "My router isn't listed at the site you provided. What do I do?"

Also take note that portforward.com is a real site. It lives off of advertisements just like many other sites. If you run into a page notifying you of a program available for purchase, skip it by selecting the link at the top. A screenshot of that page will be located below as well.It's okay if you don't know how to access your router. Remember all the information we wrote down? The one titled "Default Router" is the IP you'll want to put into your browser's URL bar. The password and username are what you issued when you first setup your router. If your router is brand new, look up the information online or in the manual you received on purchase. Google is your friend!

PlayStation Specific

Master List

Advertisement - If presented with a page similar to this image, please click the link to skip it and proceed to instructions and listings.

I for one like to double check things though, so I've grabbed the links you need to verify the ports and I'll also list them below. Make sure you double check these! They contain additional ports to forward than what the guide has given you!

Provided by Sony

• 80 (TCP)

• 81 (TCP/UDP)

• 443 (TCP)

• 3074 (TCP/UDP)

• 3075 (UDP)

• 3478 (UDP)

• 3479 (UDP)

• 3658 (UDP)

• 5223 (TCP)

• 10070 - 10080 (TCP/UDP)

Provided by Activision

• 80 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 443 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 5223 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 3074 (TCP/UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3478 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3479 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

[Duplicate] - You need not enter these again. These are simply for verification purposes.

What are the firewall (TCP and UDP) port numbers to connect online with PlayStation® products? (Sony Knowledge Base)

Cannot connect to server. (Activision Knowledge Base)

So, you should be done. Give your router/PlayStation a power cycle and then test your connection. If everything went to plan you should have an open NAT when you enter your game of choice and should connect immediately to the network when signing in. Enjoy!

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:40:27 GMT

Show me how to forward my ports please! [Full Wired Tutorial]

Setting up a static IP

There is a special case scenario regarding changing a static IP. We cover that in "I need to change my static IP. What do I do now?"

If you haven't already, back out of the "Settings and Connection Status List." Scroll down to "Internet Connection Settings" and select it. It's going to tell you that you need an Ethernet cable for a wired connection, acknowledge this to get to our next panel. Here we're going to select custom and then wired connection on the following panel. It'll give you the option to select the operation mode for the router, go ahead and select manual settings. On the "Speed and Duplex" panel select Auto-Detect and then manual on the "IP Address Setting" to finish this string of panels.

Forwarding your ports.

This step is actually the harder of the two. Luckily we have a great website that will make handling this portion a lot easier. Grab your pen and pencil though, we'll need it again.

PlayStation Specific

Master List

Advertisement - If presented with a page similar to this image, please click the link to skip it and proceed to instructions and listings.

Provided by Sony

• 80 (TCP)

• 81 (TCP/UDP)

• 443 (TCP)

• 3074 (TCP/UDP)

• 3075 (UDP)

• 3478 (UDP)

• 3479 (UDP)

• 3658 (UDP)

• 5223 (TCP)

• 10070 - 10080 (TCP/UDP)

Provided by Activision

• 80 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 443 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 5223 (TCP) + [Duplicate]

• 3074 (TCP/UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3478 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

• 3479 (UDP) + [Duplicate]

[Duplicate] - You need not enter these again. These are simply for verification purposes.

What are the firewall (TCP and UDP) port numbers to connect online with PlayStation® products? (Sony Knowledge Base)

Cannot connect to server. (Activision Knowledge Base)

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Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:40:17 GMT

Oh, hi there!

So, you want to learn how to open your ports? This guide will hopefully set you on the proper path to achieving this. We'll cover quite a few topics, which I find important for achieving our goal, and we'll keep the flow as best as possible. Let's begin!

Setting up a proper NAT is key in creating an optimum online experience. This isn't a sure-fire fix to your online troubles, but it will better allow you to connect to potentially better hosts and your friends. To get started, let's first gather two very important items.

• Pen/Pencil

• Scratch Paper

Now that we have quite possibly the most powerful instruments known to man, let's take a crack at this thread. This guide is broken up into a few main sections. Each section is a constant work in progress and is subject to change in time. Feedback is welcome and contact information will be provided. Understand that this is not really complicated, just really, really long. Once you figure out the basics you'll be able to do this as many times as you need.

The following guide is provided in what I believe is a proper format. Each link will take you to a post within this thread and each post contains links which bring you back to this "index." Now, many people, or their peers, take issue with tinkering with electronics. Feel confident that all of the changes we make here can be reversed with a factory reset of your device. Anything worth noting will contain a disclaimer of some sort.

Contact information will be found below the guide.

The Guide

I'm new to all of this! Help!

- Show me how to forward ports please! [Full Wired Tutorial]

- Show me how to forward ports please! [Full Wireless Tutorial]

- I want to know what port forwarding is.

- I want to understand routers. Teach me more.

I've done this before...

- I don't need explanations and all I want is a refresher.

- I know what I'm doing and I only need the ports.

This isn't working!!

- What is DMZ? It seems easier...

- I've triple checked everything, but they will not open.

- My ports are open, but I'm still not happy.

Uhh... Houston, we have a problem!

- My router isn't listed at the site you provided. What do I do?

- My ports aren't open anymore. What could have happened?

- I need to change my static IP. What do I do now?

Twitter is the easiest way to contact me regarding any issues with this guide, or just about anything, but an email will be more concrete to getting changes made. I check my email before and after I begin moderating. You have a good chance to reach me.

• Email: josh@theycallmefox.com

• Tweet: @II_F0XH0UND_II

• COD Community Forum: IIF0XH0UNDII

Have a nice day,

II F0XH0UND II / theycallmefox

Hey! Why are you still scrolling?! The next post is a ways down and it's easier to navigate through the index.

You don't listen! At least you're curious!

Here we go! After this point it's a sea of posts.

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:47:30 GMT

Updated with ports from Activision. Luckily, they're using the standard PSN ports. Yay!

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:41:14 GMT

This will be helpful when my router decides to become a Slaking.

Outstanding guide indeed.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:05 GMT

Yeah there are different ports used from COD4-BLOPS, so it probably gets a bit jumbled. That's not bad though.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:52:37 GMT

It works well - only hiccups and goes moderate if I change versions of Call of Duty or if I rage quit. lol

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:46:49 GMT

Seems like it's good on UPnP handling. Good to know!

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:35:10 GMT

Its a Motorola modem with 5 connections in the back - I assume it has a built in router - its relatively new - just switched awhile back to make wireless possible.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:33:03 GMT

It normally only gives me a problem when switching between MW2 and Black Ops and I just have to restart the PS3 and the modem to fix.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:53:03 GMT

You'd have the reassurance that if UPnP ever failed for any reason you'd have a solid connection. If you're comfortable with UPnP holding the keys to everything, don't start playing with your router settings.

What type of router do you have?

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:51:44 GMT

Port Triggering will probably come in the 3.0 or 2.5 iteration of the guide. You'd want to use port triggering if you had multiple consoles as they'd both be seeking information over the same ports. I'll have to come to terms with this eventually once my fiancée and I move in together since we'll have multiple consoles, but it's the next thing I'm going to tinker with.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:40:15 GMT

A possibility. If you have ever had your nat type suddenly switch on you, then yes. It wouldnt hurt to do it anyway.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:37:26 GMT

If I have done none of this and always get OPEN/OPEN - would I see any benefit from making my IP static Etc. Etc. ??

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:09:12 GMT

This thread is very well put together Foxhound, puts mine to shame I guess. Anyway, I think you should add port triggering as well.

Port Triggering

Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet gaming, video conferencing,

Internet telephony and others. These applications cannot work when Network Address

Translation (NAT) is enabled. If you need to run applications that require multiple connections,

specify the port normally associated with an application in the “Trigger Port” field, select the

protocol type as TCP or UDP, then enter the public ports associated with the trigger port to open

them for inbound traffic. Note: The range of the Trigger port is 1 to 65535.

Port Forwarding

The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the

Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind

the router NAT firewall.

I am not sure what difference it makes, but those are the desciptions in my Router. Just thought you might want to add it as well. Again good work.

Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:28:02 GMT

Alright, this has gone public now that I have the ability to move content again.

Thoughts? Concerns? Let me know if you find any errors. Like it says, I'll update this in due time.

Start at the index.

Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:43:23 GMT

My ports aren't open anymore. What could have happened?

Don't fret, this can happen for any number of reasons. It's more than likely not your fault either. If you've suffered a fairly powerful power surge, updated your firmware to the latest version or simply have aging technology, there's a very likely chance that your configuration was wiped. It's also possible that you decided to forego creating a static IP, or didn't create one high enough, and your router assigned your console's previous IP to another device.

The solutions are obvious.

• Ensure your equipment is working properly.

• Reconfigure your router to your previous settings.

• Create a proper static IP or change its designation.

You may not like that you must do this again, but at least it can be considered practice. You should consider investigating your router's manual for any discussion of saving your configuration settings. This will save time in the future if issues arise and will get you back in the game faster.

Need help with your router? Check out "I want to understand routers. Teach me more." and read the last note. It has some tips and general observations that'll help in the long run.

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Re: Normal Person's Guide to an Open NAT ver. 2.0 [PS3]

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:42:57 GMT

My ports are open, but I'm still not happy.

Maccabi has been a valued and vocal part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops community. His thread, Optimizing your connection on the Xbox - The Elagaphant Strikes Back, on the Modern Warfare 3 forums is a treasure trove of additional information that will certainly bolster any information you've learned here.

I totally understand a reaction you might have just had. "Xbox? Why should I care about an Xbox thread?!" The answer, silly, is because as much as the two consoles differ, the Internet handles much the same. Browse this thread to learn about:

• DNS server optimizations

• Notes on Listen Server vs. Peer-to-Peer topologies

• Discussion of ISP data traffic, bandwidth and ping

• Notes on the difference in quality of ISP given equipment and third party possibilities.

I can't stress enough how much you could benefit by reading his thread. It is a great balance of opinions, facts, resources and humor that will both keep you interested and informed. I'm not sure if at any point that Maccabi will create a PlayStation variant of his thread, but if you have any questions you might want to discuss there. Feel free to bring me into the discussion by name and I can help as well. The goal here is to optimize the quality of our gaming, not ignite platform wars. Those will be stopped, the posts purged and the participants eligible for a free vacation off the forum courtesy of the Moderation team.

Disclaimer: Any changes made with advice taken from Maccabi's thread are not subject to my "factory reset" statement. This isn't to say that Maccabi's thread is intentionally harmful, just that I am not responsible for anyone else's actions or input. Maccabi himself does a quality job of warning you of any potential harm that could be encountered as well. I wouldn't endorse him if I didn't have full trust in him.

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