How do I get back into playing Warzone 2 if it won't work over my router but works on another device?
How do I get back into playing Warzone 2 if it won't work over my router but works on another device?
IF YOU CAN FIX THIS YOU ARE A TRUE NETWORKING GENIUS I am posting this to many forums just in case I get a solution. The game itself isn't really the main issue (though maybe it could be?), but my real problem is simple: I keep getting a "Lost connection to Host (timed out)" error when trying to play on my router with my home internet.
The game actually works fine if I use this setup:
- I use a VPN, or
- I share a mobile hotspot directly connecting the PC to it, or
- I connect my UTP cable directly from home to the computer and set up PPPoE
It just doesn't work when I run this path:
- Connect my UTP cable to the router, then set up PPPoE on that, then plug the PC into the router.
This problem also happens on my Xbox Series X! I have the exact same trouble there too. It works with those solutions, but none of them actually fix the problem.
VPN gives high ping sometimes and can't be configured for the Xbox easily. Mobile hotspots are unstable and cause high latency. Direct connection means only one person has internet access at a time and we lose wifi coverage, so phones and smart devices become useless. If you can solve this, you're a true networking genius here.
Here is what I tried to "fix":
- Port forwarding
- Port triggering (UPnP)
- Release/renew IP settings
- Use Google DNS instead of others
- Try a different router
- Swap out LAN cables
DONT comment on these basic things, don't waste time testing easy tricks. I tested EVERYTHING I could find. Maybe warzone has a Mod Edit option that fixes networking and I should just quit playing it? Also again: the same problem happens to both the PC AND the Xbox so do not tell me how to set this up on either one! The issue is clearly about routing.
Thanks for all your answers, in advance.
I do not understand why turning off IPv6 on my PC is going to fix this because the same issue happens with my Xbox too. I will give it a shot anyway. My internet router uses an ISP's DNS address as well as a hard-coded one, and neither of those worked either.
What is the router? Some routers come with security settings that might be blocking things. When you connect through the router, did you try asking for a name of a game server using DNS? Then did you try sending a ping to that game server? Are those two simple checks working now?
It can't be a DNS issue because DNS is only used when sessions are first opened. In addition, most games use their own methods to send the IP address of the actual game server to you. The errors would more likely mean the initial connection failed. You need to change the DNS on your PC or Xbox, not in the router. The router acts like a middleman (proxy) and that can cause problems. Still, it shouldn't disconnect after the session is open. The most common symptom is when web pages fail to load or load very slowly when you have DNS issues. At this point, all possibilities are gone, so something was definitely wrong. I must be inside your house because it works if you connect directly... unless you just got lucky and it didn't disconnect when connected like that. This means your router (which you say you tried 2 or the end device which you also try 2) is the problem. So everything has been eliminated. That's why someone suggested disabling IPv6 on the end device. Even though IPv6 takes a different path through the internet, when you connect via VPN or PPPoE generally, IPv6 isn't supported and it only runs IPv4. It might not be that case, but then you have to figure out what was eliminated that actually causes the problem.
To see which IP addresses the game server really uses, check the Network tab in the Resource Monitor when the game runs. You'll find that the IPs with the most activity are likely the real-world servers being used.