How to set up your router properly for Modern Warfare 2

[Tinman]

Are you having trouble finding games on IWNet's matchmaking service? Are you having trouble joining games off your friend list? Are your friends having trouble joining your games? Are you getting disconnected randomly? Are you being dropped during host migration? Are you losing confidence, self-esteem, and the will to live?

How to configure your connection for MW2

[Blaze786]

My router is in bridge mode and this still happens..

[Azimuth]

My router is in bridge mode and this still happens..

Bridge mode pretty much negates NAT, so if you're having problems, it's not a NAT problem. Are you running firewall software?

[Tank]

as i said in the comments section, even after going through all that, in some isolated cases there are people who are still unable to play

[Kyubi_ZA]

Thanks for the Info Tinman.

I tried this yesterday, and I found games much easier.

[CARNaG3za]

Thanks Tinman...works well

Strange how the NAT worked in the begining (when the game came out) and now you have to add rules to get it to work :\

[Kyubi_ZA]

Thanks Tinman...works well

Strange how the NAT worked in the begining (when the game came out) and now you have to add rules to get it to work :\

Must be something they added in steam patch stabbing us in the back without us knowing


Thanks Azi

[Tinman]

Thank Azimuth guys, she wrote the guide

[sycogrim]

Thanks Azi i added the other UDP ports now im not getting Strict NAT anymore... before i did what you suggested and it would only happen once or twice now its perfect... still a bit laggy every now and again... and end up getting magic bullets to the fasch but ja things should be hundreds...

[Azimuth]

Glad you guys got yourselves sorted out. It's one of those things that's so easy to fix - but only if you know what the problem is, and lots of people simply don't. :P

I used to use a connection setup that incurred an inherently moderate NAT, so I know all about what an enormous pain in the bum it is.