My computer can reach the internet through my WiFi, but I cannot watch or play any video games.
My computer can reach the internet through my WiFi, but I cannot watch or play any video games.
I can look at websites, watch movies and download software. But when trying to play online games, the connection stops working. Even though I can log in sometimes, it still fails. Last night, my friend's phone showed a slow internet speed (90% or more), while mine was fine. After a few minutes, everything worked again and we played some Apex games. Now this is happening to me too. My phone also cannot connect to the game servers on my wifi. I'm pretty sure it's the router, but since I don't own one (I live in an apartment) I want to check with everyone else first before telling them about it. I heard something called NAT could be the problem, but I have no idea what that means.
Port forwarding is mostly used for games that don't have a central server. This happens when the server runs on someone's computer, like with Minecraft. There are also some console games where no central server exists and one device acts as the server. The games you mentioned run off servers in big data centers. The second thing which is very rare would be if there was a firewall blocking the way. In that situation, you need to let those other ports pass through. There isn't really any reason to block game ports with a firewall because games use almost no bandwidth; you probably wouldn't stop Netflix before playing anyway. Still, you won't get anywhere unless you can see what's set up in your router. I would...
UniFiOS. I can't dig deeper than that because I don't own the router and my landlord gets scared if I touch it too much. I also checked for port forwarding on all the games I play, but they all came back blocked on this site. Port Checker - Check Open Ports Online Port Checker is a simple tool to check for open ports and test your port forwarding setup on the router. It helps verify connection errors on your computer. portchecker.co Now I'm wondering if the router blocks everything except 80.
You need to stop listening to people who think they know everything just because they can click buttons in a game. Most games like Apex Legends use central servers and don't actually need any special port forwarding. The tool you are using is doing something strange; it's saying your router is accepting port 80 as a server, but your machines aren't really running on ports 80 as incoming connections from the internet. It is very unlikely that you are even using port 80 at all because almost all web traffic now uses HTTPS which uses port 443. Even if they could set up firewall rules in their router to only let web browsers through, it's not likely. It could be just as easy with your PC instead. Microsoft often thinks you are on a public network and blocks most traffic except for web browsing. If you still think it is the apartment router, try using a VPN; many of them can run on port 443 even if they don't work on the usual default ports.