Help Guide for Router settings.

[VectorRoll]

I'll see what I can do about getting a look at the settings for a Linksys. I should still have one around here some where to compare the settings. It may be a little bit, but I will post back when I can.

[I_Am_Gsus]

Ok, thanks Vector. I tried following the guide you made for netgear and do it with Linksys but its alot different.

[VectorRoll]

This is a fast run through of the Linksys settings. I hope that it may help. I have not tried it to see how it all handles. But it should be somewhat similar. I cannot guarantee that it will work the same way.


The UPnP is located in the Administration tab under Management.


The Application and Gaming Tab has the Port settings, as well as the DMZ, and QoS settings.


Security is where the Firewall setting is located at.


The Wireless tab has the basic wireless settings. There is also the Security section for it, Mac Filtering, and Advanced wireless settings.

The Setup Tab is going that have the Basic settings for the IP and server setup, as well as the DDNS, Mac Address, and Advanced settings. The Advanced setting is where your NAT setting, Dynamic Routing, and Static routing are located.


The Status tab is going to show you your basic router and connection information. You will also find the Local Network info there that shows the DHCP Client table. The wireless network section shows the information that tells how your wireless is setup.


So to recap in comparison to my guide it should be like this.


Method one:

1. 1. Router settings at default.
2. 2. Turn off the UPnP.
3. 3. Run the consoles connection settings again.
4. 4. Try game.

Method two:

1. 1. Turn on UPnP.
2. 2. Make sure that your Wireless Mac Filter is enabled.
3. 3. Make sure the Wireless Mac Filter Access Restriction option is set to permit from the list below.
4. 4. Add the Mac Address for the console to the list in the Mac Address Filter List.
5. 5. Run the Consoles settings again.
6. 6. Try game.

Method three:

1. 1. Turn on the UPnP.
2. 2. Go to the Security tab and Disable the SPI Firewall.
3. 3. Go to the Applications and Gaming tab and under the DMZ tab. Then add the console to the DHCP Client List.
4. 4. Next go to the QoS section in the same area. Enable it. (This can be done for both the Wireless and Wired connection.)
5. 5. In that same section set up a rule for the ports that the game uses.
6. 6. Run the consoles connection settings again.
7. 7. Try the game.

That is how it should correspond to what I wrote for the Netgear Router. Like I said I am not sure how it all handles. I have not tested it yet. It takes time to test every setting.

I hope that it helps. I will try to refine the main post later after I do all of my acctual testing for that router as well.

[Fugazi-Barbie]

Originally Posted by richardandrews

BUMP!!!
This page shows all servers that BFBC uses, if you keep getting lag try setting up IP filters on your router to block addresses of servers not in your region:
http://seleukid.googlepages.com/BFBC_Servers.htm

This "may" help any lag issues you experience by keeping you on servers within your region (america, europe, asia).
NOTE that if you apply these rules to say block all USA servers. and try to join a USA friends game, you wont be able to.

Thanks to Thx_4_the_lag_EA for finding this info

Sticky anyone??

Any ideas of how to set up IP filters on a linksys router. I've searched through all the settings on the router, but couldn't find none. I have a good ping rate to the Geneva servers but experience lag a lot of the time, so my guess is that I'm connecting to non Geneva servers.

[I_Am_Gsus]

Vector I have a wired linksys router if that makes a difference. I cant find QoS, management, or a Gaming Tab. I looked under basic and advanced setup. Cant find either one of them.

And just another question. Why did this all of a sudden happy to BFBC? I played it online since it came out and just a month ago it stopped working?

Thanks for all the help.

[edok5453999]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Gsus

Vector I have a wired linksys router if that makes a difference. I cant find QoS, management, or a Gaming Tab. I looked under basic and advanced setup. Cant find either one of them.

And just another question. Why did this all of a sudden happy to BFBC? I played it online since it came out and just a month ago it stopped working?

Thanks for all the help.

i hope this will help you UPNP of course ON......

Open an Internet Explorer browser page.In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave the username blank & in password use admin in lower case...

Click on "Applications and Gaming" tab and then click on "Port Range Forwarding" subtab...

1) On the first line in Application box type in name1, in the start box type in 53 and End box type in 53, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type your console IP and check the enable box...

2) On the second line in Application box type in name2, in the start box type in 80 and End box type in 80, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type your console IP and check the enable box...

3)On the third line in Application box type in name3, in the start box type in 88 and End box type in 88, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type your console IP and check the enable box...

4)On the forth line in Application box type in name4, in the start box type in 2074 and End box type in 2074, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type your console IP and check the enable box...

5)On the fifth line in Application box type in name5, in the start box type in 3074 and End box type in 3074, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type your console IP and check the enable box...


6) Once you return to the set up page click on the Security tab and uncheck Block Anonymous Internet Requests and click on Save Settings...

7) Click on set-up and change the MTU Size to 1452 and click Save Settings...

Turn off your modem, router, ps3 or xbox...Wait for a minute...

9) Plug the modem power first, wait for another minute and plug the router power cable, wait another minute and turn on the console and test it...it will connect...


Source:www.portforward.com

[I_Am_Gsus]

Edok, I have a PS3 not an Xbox. There also is no "Applications and gaming tab"

But I found a UNPnP Port Forwarding tab.

[VectorRoll]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Gsus

Edok, I have a PS3 not an Xbox. There also is no "Applications and gaming tab"

But I found a UNPnP Port Forwarding tab.

Which version of Linksys do you have?
I know that they are different depending on the version. What I just listed above was from a Wireless-N router yet the one I have here is from a Wireless-G router.

With the Port forwarding I list the ports that the PSN is suppose uses within the first postings. But it may not be what is really being used.

PSN

1. 
   UDP Port: 3658 (peer to peer)
2. UDP Port: 6000 (VOIP)

Here is a picture of the active ports for the game from my OP.


Notice the the second port has 10000 instead of 6000 as listed above. I mention that in the OP as well. So what you want to do is set it up using the the ports that I have listed in the picture. It would be best to see what your active ports are when you try to connect just to make sure that they are right.

You want to set up the (peer to peer) and (VOIP) as seperate port option. I know you are not using an XBox but here is a picture that shows an example of how it should look. The naming would be different as well as the port numbers, protocal, and console IP.


So for (peer to peer) you should have the Ext. & Int. ports as 3658, the protocol as UDP only, the last digits of the IP should be the ones that your PS3 is using.
For the (VOIP) you should have the Ext. port as 10000 and the Inter as 3658, the protocol as UDP only, and the las digits of the IP as the ones the console is using as well.
I would name them as something like (PSN BC) for the (peer to peer) & for (PSN VOIP) for the the (VOIP).

I have yet to try my Linksys router out here to see how it truly differers. I have been busy.

[Scotty_B113]

I keep getting the Login Failed stuff when i press MP from the main menu on the xbox 360. My brother in the same house can log on and i can log on with another account on my xbox. Has anyone else had this and knows how to stop it?

[VectorRoll]

Originally Posted by Scotty_B113

I keep getting the Login Failed stuff when i press MP from the main menu on the xbox 360. My brother in the same house can log on and i can log on with another account on my xbox. Has anyone else had this and knows how to stop it?

What are your privileges on your account? See if you have any parental issues turned on for it.

From what I gather by the way you said it, it sounds as if you both have separate consoles.

I would also look to see if the router is set up just for one of them to use it. In the picture I posted above you can see that the port forwarding is set up just for one console. The (To IP Address) section identifies it as such. You may need to set up your router to allow both of them separately.

I think that I must also mention that the picture I post has the ports need for my nephews Halo game and it was not meant for Bad Company. So I am not sure if the ports in that picture will work. So the 80 in the picture may be 88 for this game.

[drglock40]

Here gentleman. I use this site at my work. Its a visual simulator for almost every router around. Diff models and such. After you pick it, it actually lets you pick the app your are trying to run and even has xbox360 and ps3 setting for port forwarding. If nothing else you can at least click thru it to see how to connect to your router and how its setup. where the options and such are.

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

[drglock40]

It even has BadCompany listed. For instance the link if you had a Motorala router XXX model and are playing BadCompany.

Port Forwarding XBOX360 Battlefield Bad Company on the Motorola SBG 900

[edok5453999]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Gsus

Edok, I have a PS3 not an Xbox. There also is no "Applications and gaming tab"

But I found a UNPnP Port Forwarding tab.

or try what Drglock said its really helpful

[Scotty_B113]

Originally Posted by VectorRoll

What are your privileges on your account? See if you have any parental issues turned on for it.

From what I gather by the way you said it, it sounds as if you both have separate consoles.

I would also look to see if the router is set up just for one of them to use it. In the picture I posted above you can see that the port forwarding is set up just for one console. The (To IP Address) section identifies it as such. You may need to set up your router to allow both of them separately.

I think that I must also mention that the picture I post has the ports need for my nephews Halo game and it was not meant for Bad Company. So I am not sure if the ports in that picture will work. So the 80 in the picture may be 88 for this game.

I have no Parental Controls on. Ye we have different consoles but my console is wired and his is wireless so do i still need to open ports on my console as i was told that i did not?

[I_Am_Gsus]

This is what mine looks like.

[edok5453999]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Gsus

This is what mine looks like.

try: Port Forwarding Sony Playstation 3 on the Linksys WRT51AB

[I_Am_Gsus]

Well i give up. I hope BFBC2 isnt like this. Guess I will have to rent it before i buy it.

[VectorRoll]

I decided to updated the original post in this thread with info on a nice little tool for checking if your ports are open. It is called PFPortChecker from the PortForward.com site.

It will be very helpful for people that are trying to setup port forwarding within there router for the Consoles.

You can see the info I wrote on it at the bottom of my main Original Posting for this thread.