Plea to Moderators - End this NAT madness :-)

ravydavygravy

Guys,

I'm sure I'm not the only person who is sick of reading posts on NAT issues.
Can we try to reduce this to a single stickied NAT FAQ thread?

I count 6 NAT threads updated in the last 2 days - all with the same basic advice.

I for one would vote in favour of this measure - once the stickied post is up, any other NAT threads are locked/killed/closed/whatever...

Even more draconian, one could argue the NAT threads belong in the Comms forum. They generally have little to do with playstation news/gossip.

What do people think?

The guy

Maybe one thread where the First post gives advice on each Nat type and possibly different routers.

Plascebo

I agree with the sticky idea.
I had problems getting my ps3 from NAT3 to NAT1 and had to wade through a lot of posts after I did a search for solutions. Eventually got it fixed with the help of the youtube video, which should definitely be included in the sticky, along with solutions to port forwarding etc.

ravydavygravy

Plascebo wrote: »

I agree with the sticky idea.
I had problems getting my ps3 from NAT3 to NAT1 and had to wade through a lot of posts after I did a search for solutions. Eventually got it fixed with the help of the youtube video, which should definitely be included in the sticky, along with solutions to port forwarding etc.

Exactly what i was thinking.

Dont be at yourself

I'm a little reluctant to stick a NAT thread. In my thinking, the less number of stickies, the better.

I'd be in favor of a general PS3 Troubleshooting Thread, however.

newballsplease

if ye just look for that post, where it gave the link to the wee ginger nerd kid. thats what il call him neway.
he solved my nat problem neway. im sure it would work for the majority of people.

ravydavygravy

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

I'm a little reluctant to stick a NAT thread. In my thinking, the less number of stickies, the better.

I'd be in favor of a general PS3 Troubleshooting Thread, however.

Fine by me, as long as all subsequent troubleshooting threads are quashed with a message to ask again in the troubleshooting thread.

The important point is to get rid of the scores of threads on this issue, and replace them with one.

RangeR

Why isn't there a POLL option for "OMFG Yet Another Poll Thread"???

I agree though, that NAT questions do not belong in the playstation forum. However, you, nor me, are going to stop it happening. Regardless of any rules that are made.

ravydavygravy

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

I'm a little reluctant to stick a NAT thread. In my thinking, the less number of stickies, the better.

On this, maybe a sticky clean-up is in order - un-sticky old ones about PSP stuff, and combine all the rules/regulations stickies into one sticky...

Dave

Otacon

ravydavygravy wrote: »

On this, maybe a sticky clean-up is in order - un-sticky old ones about PSP stuff, and combine all the rules/regulations stickies into one sticky...

Dave

You won! Here's your prize... slight admiration from a stranger on the internets.

Dont be at yourself

Doing a bit of a clean up as we speak. PS3 FAQ thread created. If you guys want to help populate it with answers, fill your boots!

ravydavygravy

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Doing a bit of a clean up as we speak. PS3 FAQ thread created. If you guys want to help populate it with answers, fill your boots!

Brilliant!

ravydavygravy

Otacon wrote: »

You won! Here's your prize... slight admiration from a stranger on the internets.

Yessss..... *punches air*

noodler

Whilst I agree there are too many threads on the issue, I must say that alot of them end in the person sorting the problem so I would hate to see the asking of questions from the ps forum.

BTW, great little contribution from you ravy in the sticky. Easy to understand.

Dues Bellator

why doesnt every one just hard wire there ps3,s to there modem, its the best way ,allways tought wireless gaming was the devils work anyway, since i messed up my wireless [yes tryed to make it better] ive been hardwired and never had any probs.......eh except with tiger 08 but that has shtty ea servers so,

guil

IrishTLR wrote: »

Why isn't there a POLL option for "OMFG Yet Another Poll Thread"???

I agree though, that NAT questions do not belong in the playstation forum. However, you, nor me, are going to stop it happening. Regardless of any rules that are made.

if the poster is lookin for help with nat on ps3 obviously it belongs in the ps forum

Plascebo

almanu wrote: »

why doesnt every one just hard wire there ps3,s to there modem, its the best way ,allways tought wireless gaming was the devils work anyway, since i messed up my wireless [yes tryed to make it better] ive been hardwired and never had any probs.......eh except with tiger 08 but that has shtty ea servers so,

Router in the front room. 40" 1080p tv in the back room, fraid wireless is the only option.

Helix

Plascebo wrote: »

Router in the front room. 40" 1080p tv in the back room, fraid wireless is the only option.

get one of those systems that lets you route your network through the electrical mains

theyre nice and tidy

you plug a network cable from the router into a special plug, then plug the ps3 into another of the plugs via network cable et voila, an invisible wired network

guil

yeah its called ethernet over mains, they're exppensive though

de5p0i1er

One thread is enough for this problem.

Dues Bellator

Plascebo wrote: »

Router in the front room. 40" 1080p tv in the back room, fraid wireless is the only option.

petes do 40 to 80 foot eternet extension cables, cheap too

guil

almanu what ur sayin wont work with dsl cos they all use a modem and router built in, it will work with cable cos the router and modem are seperate

Dues Bellator

guil07 wrote: »

almanu what ur sayin wont work with dsl cos they all use a modem and router built in, it will work with cable cos the router and modem are seperate

wtf, what did i say lol.all i said was i found i get a much better connection while im hard wired, never ever a problem.i went from getting kicked at least once a day to never, plus i find updates and pacthes are faster, i never said nuttin bout dsl, i slagged off ibb in another forum that was it ,i think eh could be wrong .remind me

guil

what i said was ur method works if ya have a seperate modem and router, i think ur with upc arent ya, anyway afaik all dsl routers have a built in modem so even if ya hardwire to it ta prob wont have trouble free gamin, it took me ages to set up mine to play online properly when i had eircom

Placebo

Wtf is NAT ?

noodler

Haven't a clue man. Im terrified of getting a PS3 now!

Dues Bellator

guil07 wrote: »

what i said was ur method works if ya have a seperate modem and router, i think ur with upc arent ya, anyway afaik all dsl routers have a built in modem so even if ya hardwire to it ta prob wont have trouble free gamin, it took me ages to set up mine to play online properly when i had eircom

okley dokley neighbour, yeah im with upc.wow eircom has your doctor prescribed valium lol.

guil

ya mad i havent had eircom for bout 2 months

RangeR

guil07 wrote: »

if the poster is lookin for help with nat on ps3 obviously it belongs in the ps forum

Dude, NAT has nothing to do with PS3. In fact, you don't even touch the PS3 to fix NAT issues. It's a networking issue.

Now would you like me to go through the rest of your posts and pick holes?

guil

so ya dont configure the connection settings on the ps3 to fix nat issues aswell as the router and i meant he is havin a prob with his ps3 so it belongs in the ps forum

ravydavygravy

Guys it doesn't matter anymore -the crowd spoke, and we got a NAT faq - so NAT queries should fade away (or be faded away by moderators....)