Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

What is your ISP?

Port forwarding via the router is a bitch and a half to do. As suggested before, placing your PC into your router's DMZ would say for sure if it's the ports on your router or not.

But in my experience, unblocking ports required me to put in all possible combinations of the numbers they provide, both for incoming and outgoing connections. Save them. Unplug the router, shut down the PC. Let the router sit for 10 minutes or more. Power the router back up, let it connect, then turn the PC back on and hope the settings stuck and the ports are open now.

I've had to restart one or both sometimes multiple times before port forwarding worked properly.

www.horizonview.net is my ISP here. I'll try the DMZ.

*Edit cannot figure out the DMZ. As I cannot figure out the network ip of my laptop.

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

What is your ISP?

Port forwarding via the router is a bitch and a half to do. As suggested before, placing your PC into your router's DMZ would say for sure if it's the ports on your router or not.

But in my experience, unblocking ports required me to put in all possible combinations of the numbers they provide, both for incoming and outgoing connections. Save them. Unplug the router, shut down the PC. Let the router sit for 10 minutes or more. Power the router back up, let it connect, then turn the PC back on and hope the settings stuck and the ports are open now.

I've had to restart one or both sometimes multiple times before port forwarding worked properly.

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

Okay looks like it might be as simple as blocked ports. But the issue is, I try to unblock for example port 443 in my router but it still shows the port being blocked, this leads me to assuming that the ISP is blocking the ports?

http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ I went here and scanned the ports needed for BF3

TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 20000-20100, 22990, 17502, 42127
UDP: 3659, 14000-14016, 22990-23006, 25200-25300

Only 80 is open.

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

You can also try this:

1. Press: Windows-button (the one between lAlt and lCtrl) + R, a window should pop up.
2. Write: "services.msc" (without the ") then press enter.
3. In the list of services, scroll down to "UPnP Device Host", click it and press "Stop service".
4. Now do the same thing but with the service "SSDP Discovery".
5. Exit the window and go to control panel-> Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing Centre-> Change advanced sharing settings (to the left)-> Under "network discovery" select to turn off network discovery
6. SAVE CHANGE

This did not work.

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

it wouldn't be a corrupted game because it connected EVERYTIME on my laptop at my former apartment and now here at my parents house it doesnt, installed on their desktop same issue. so it is happening on 2 separate systems.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

LOL, yes, that is true. If the entire BF3 is re-downloaded itt could be a failing hard drive causing data corruption or a crazed man throwing pieces of the PC around and trying it again, from misunderstanding the term "reboot".

:wee:

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

That is correct, it will not redownload all of it unless its all broken.

If it is all broken, I might look at the system instead of the game as an issue.

Whoa whoa. It may not be the system either. For all we know, Manzi could be ripping his HDD out of his tower, throwing it against the wall a few times and then plugging it back in. We don't know!

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

That is correct, it will not redownload all of it unless its all broken.

If it is all broken, I might look at the system instead of the game as an issue.

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

you could try a re-install of bf3.

right click on bf3 in origin and "repair install".

(edit: caution, i was told this re-downloads the entire 16gb bf3 from origin)

I think (at least this SHOULD be the case) that it only redownloads it all if it's all broken. Otherwise, it should just verify that the files you have are correct.

[signa]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

you could try a re-install of bf3.

right click on bf3 in origin and "repair install".

(edit: caution, i was told this re-downloads the entire 16gb bf3 from origin)

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

You can also try this:

1. Press: Windows-button (the one between lAlt and lCtrl) + R, a window should pop up.
2. Write: "services.msc" (without the ") then press enter.
3. In the list of services, scroll down to "UPnP Device Host", click it and press "Stop service".
4. Now do the same thing but with the service "SSDP Discovery".
5. Exit the window and go to control panel-> Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing Centre-> Change advanced sharing settings (to the left)-> Under "network discovery" select to turn off network discovery
6. SAVE CHANGE

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

If Crunch's AV/firewall suggestions don't work, try adding your computer to your router's DMZ on a temporary basis. Add it to DMZ, go through the appropriate steps (unplug router for 10 minutes, plug it back in, restart computer, etc.). Then try to play online.

If it works, then it's something to do with your router's security settings.

If it still doesn't work, that continues to suggest there's some setting or blocking going on from your computer. It may also still be part of the router but it's just a way to eliminate possibilities.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

Did you test turning off AV and firewall features in Windows?

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

still cant figure out the issue.

[MrKLM]

Re: Cannot Connect To Multiplayer Servers

Updated punkbuster. didnt help. ran as administrator. didnt help. tried doing what the youtube video said. dont have a "sharing" tab. and I have no idea how to uninstall the eithernet drivers