Connection Issues

[Revenge96]

Hi there, i'm having some connection issues, 1 year ago i played FAF just fine, than i stopped playing...in the mean time i changed provider and i got a fiber connection, but with a restricted NAT, it didnt gave me much issues with other games...

so i reinstalled FAF recently, but i'm having problems connecting with other players (in lobby its says "connecting to ...." but it doesnt really connect) and when i'm on FAF launcher, Game quality goes crazy, from "?" to some percentage between 2% and 80% (and it lasts some seconds before changing again) and most of the time it doesnt even connect to lobbies

I tried port forwarding (i guess its called port mapping?) 6112 and other ports but it doesnt do anything, i tried Upnp but nothing...i followed some topics about people having similar issues, and tried those solutions:
- Clearing Cache and Settings from launcher
- Deleting ProgramData/FAForever folder
- Starting FAF launcher in Adminsitrator mode
But none of these worked...do you guys know any solution to this trouble? its ruining my favorite game...

[BenDover]

IF you forwarded your ports correctly then check your firewall. When you're not sure how to forward ports just look for something called DMZ on your router (will be in the port forwarding or firewall tab) and set it to your IP (Windows key+R -> cmd -> ipconfig and the first one from top)

[DukeOfEarl]

When you're not sure how to forward ports just look for something called DMZ on your router (will be in the port forwarding or firewall tab) and set it to your IP

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT if you don't know what you're doing. It means all traffic from the internet that your router doesn't forward to a different computer will be forwarded to your computer, including all manner of port scans and attacks.

Is it safe?
It is highly advised not to use a DMZ on a computer as the user is very vulnerable to an attack of any kind. Even with a firewall, it is not recommended.

[BenDover]

Dude everyone with just a modem without a router has all traffic directed to their IP which is standard for many ISPs so stop crying like it's the worst thing ever. Just get a firewall set up and it'll be fine. Besides if it works with DMZ he'll know the cause of the problem (incorrect port forwarding) and he can fix it then. I've been running DMZ for my main PC for years now and haven't died or anything.

[ZOB]

if you are running a real-time anti-virus you need to allow faf through that as well as the firewall, i also don't recommend DMZ, that would be a totally last resort measure and hopefully won't be needed

[Revenge96]

Firewall is set to allow any FAF action, and i looked for any DMZ option...it doesnt have one, its a shitty modem that my ISP provided and i can only use that, otherwise connection doesnt work (i'm in italy so connection sucks and ISP cant do their job).

I even tried to open all the ports manually, TCP and UDP...still doesnt work for me. I dont even think the port forwarding feature in that modem its real, i think its fake...i'll try to make a call and see if i can fix the problem