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Title: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: L0CUS on August 22, 2011, 10:07:33 AM
Hi, I'm one of apparently many which has problems with NAT being set to strict instead of open or moderate when playing COD Black ops. I tried port forwarding, unchecked firewalls, set it in DMZ etc etc. Now, nothing of these actions helped at all.

What did help is this;

get NAT moderate simply by adding it as a dhcp server and make a static ip. and if you do get strict once more, reboot the ps3 and you should have a moderate setting.

Hope this helps you lot as it helped me.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: FurryNutz on August 22, 2011, 10:16:42 AM
And your many have have come to the right place to find help for this issue and many have been fixed.
You can review the DGL-4500 forum for Xbox and PS information regarding this problem.
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0)
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: Hard Harry on August 22, 2011, 10:30:53 AM
Hi, I'm one of apparently many which has problems with NAT being set to strict instead of open or moderate when playing COD Black ops. I tried port forwarding, unchecked firewalls, set it in DMZ etc etc. Now, nothing of these actions helped at all.

What did help is this;

get NAT moderate simply by adding it as a dhcp server and make a static ip. and if you do get strict once more, reboot the ps3 and you should have a moderate setting.

Hope this helps you lot as it helped me.

When you say adding "it" as a DHCP server, what do you mean? Do you mean a DHCP reservation?
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: L0CUS on August 23, 2011, 10:33:04 AM
When you say adding "it" as a DHCP server, what do you mean? Do you mean a DHCP reservation?

i mean: Add DHCP Resevation.
And u have to set a static ip on the ps3.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: L0CUS on August 23, 2011, 10:39:39 AM
And your many have have come to the right place to find help for this issue and many have been fixed.
You can review the DGL-4500 forum for Xbox and PS information regarding this problem.
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0)

cheers, ill give it a go. :)
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: FurryNutz on August 23, 2011, 10:41:34 AM
It's recommended to add a reservation on the router and set the PS for auto obtain IP addressing. Give it a try.
Keep us posted.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: SomeFatGuy on August 27, 2011, 10:04:21 PM
It's recommended to add a reservation on the router and set the PS for auto obtain IP addressing. Give it a try.
Keep us posted.
I know this works best for Xbox 360. I've never had a problem on my PS3 though. I'd try it.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: Hard Harry on August 27, 2011, 10:37:45 PM
Furry, what is your reason for liking it that way? Not saying your right or wrong, just would like to understand your logic. :-)
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: davevt31 on August 27, 2011, 10:56:43 PM
Easier to troubleshoot when IPs remain the same, also creating rules is easier.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: Hard Harry on August 27, 2011, 11:32:34 PM
I was asking Furry what his reason for liking DHCP along with DHCP reservations. Why not use DHCP reservation to keep that IP out of the pool, then use Static IP. That way your not taking up traffic when the IP has to check for renewal.
Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: davevt31 on August 28, 2011, 08:39:44 AM
Its basically for ease of setup.  For static IPs you have to go to each machine and configure it manually,  with the reservation it is still getting the same IP everytime and you can keep the machine at the default auto settings.  Most IPs leases are for 24 hours, you can change the length of time if you want, but the traffic involved with renewing is minimal.

Title: Re: PS3 NAT strict to moderate fix (PS3)
Post by: FurryNutz on August 28, 2011, 05:33:09 PM
For advanced people and IT people, it's preferred to use reservations at the router and as others have said and I agree with, it makes it easier to manage,  and troubleshoot. You only need to go to one place to manage IPs and such and not go wondering around trying to find devices and try to configure each of them.
I do believe that most Corp. IT infrastructure uses this logic. Not everyone needs to use it nor do avg households with surfing and emails.

Furry, what is your reason for liking it that way? Not saying your right or wrong, just would like to understand your logic. :-)