Company of Heroes - NAT error

Sabre Man · 31-01-2009 9:14pm #1

Is there anyone here playing CoH who has set up port forwarding correctly on an Eircom Netopia 2247NWG router?

For some reason I just can't get it to work.

Stev_o · 31-01-2009 9:36pm

Sabre Man wrote: »

Is there anyone here playing CoH who has set up port forwarding correctly on an Eircom Netopia 2247NWG router?

For some reason I just can't get it to work.

It's a well know problem with Epic RTS games i think theirs some guides on

www.portforward.com

but i also think its a router problem as well

Sabre Man · 31-01-2009 9:57pm

Stev_o wrote: »

It's a well know problem with Epic RTS games i think theirs some guides on

www.portforward.com

but i also think its a router problem as well

I've followed the instructions on portforward.com.

Do you have the same problem?

Stev_o · 31-01-2009 11:11pm

Sabre Man wrote: »

I've followed the instructions on portforward.com.

Do you have the same problem?

Yeah and still have with Dawn of War 2 its frustrating as hell.

dreamers75 · 01-02-2009 2:01am

when adding ports you can put a , or a - between numbers to specify a range.

So COH could be 100-150,1500,251021 etc

jonski · 01-02-2009 12:11pm

I found that I had to turn the firewall settings down on the netopia 3347 even after the port forwarding . Worked fine then .

Maximilian · 01-02-2009 1:46pm

this cured my NAT errors on DOW2:

go to internet options in your control panel (or from IE i think)

Go to connection tab, LAN settings, and make sure Automatically detect settings is checked. if it works let me know, i''m curious to see if it works for others.

Sabre Man · 01-02-2009 3:58pm

jonski wrote: »

I found that I had to turn the firewall settings down on the netopia 3347 even after the port forwarding . Worked fine then .

How did you do it?

jonski · 01-02-2009 6:03pm

Sabre Man wrote: »

How did you do it?

I think the 2247 has the same menu as the 3347 , if so , go into the menu in the modem and on the left side click on "Firewall" and see what it is set to , mine was at medium and I set it to low .

Sabre Man · 01-02-2009 8:00pm

jonski wrote: »

I think the 2247 has the same menu as the 3347 , if so , go into the menu in the modem and on the left side click on "Firewall" and see what it is set to , mine was at medium and I set it to low .

It doesn't make a noticable difference whether I use Low or Medium.

I should perhaps clarify that I can play automatches and about 50% of games hosted by other players.

It's just frustrating when you want to play with a friend or a specific game and you get a NAT error.

uberpixie · 02-02-2009 12:09am

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It's just frustrating when you want to play with a friend or a specific game and you get a NAT error.[/quote]

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

As has been suggested on this site before: hamachi

Solves a lot of issues. Lets your mates see a LAN game of COH across the net through secure VPN. Speed is very good, any time I have used it there was no lag.

Really cuts out a lot of shoite with NAT.

Sabre Man · 02-02-2009 10:30am

uberpixie wrote: »

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

As has been suggested on this site before: hamachi

Solves a lot of issues. Lets your mates see a LAN game of COH across the net through secure VPN. Speed is very good, any time I have used it there was no lag.

Really cuts out a lot of shoite with NAT.

Looks like a possible solution for playing with friends, but we also want to play 2v2 AT games.

Griffin87 · 04-02-2009 11:33am

i had issues with this router and company of heroes and dow 2. the solution is to follow the instructions on portforward.com and lower the secuirty settings on router.

also i have found that instructions for the 3347W make more sense than the ones for 2247.

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Netopia/3347W/Company_of_Heroes.htm

hope this helps

Sabre Man · 04-02-2009 9:29pm

Griffin87 wrote: »

i had issues with this router and company of heroes and dow 2. the solution is to follow the instructions on portforward.com and lower the secuirty settings on router.

also i have found that instructions for the 3347W make more sense than the ones for 2247.

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Netopia/3347W/Company_of_Heroes.htm

I've set up forwarding for port 6112, 30260 and 9100 as CoH1, CoH2 and CoH3.

I've tried forwarding various combinations of them.

Forwarding 30260 does no harm, but doesn't seem to make a positive difference either. Forwarding either of the other two alone or together with 30260 disconnects me from the server.

Forwarding all ports disconnects me from the Internet.

Company of Heroes - NAT error

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