How to Change Your NAT Type on PS4 and PS3

Sometimes when you are playing online, you might find that you are often disconnected from your online gaming sessions on the PS4 and PS3, or that your ping is too high. One way to try and solve this issue is to change your NAT type (network address translation) for the PS4 or PS3, and you should notice a significant improvement in your online gaming.

[mania568]

they describe NAT 2 as the best one but i got major headaches getting a single item i wanted traded on Warframe due to Strict Nat type 2, you can say it ruins the experience when you really need something, waste hours looking for someone to trade for the end result being you cannot trade due to strict nat, i will give this a go and see if a different one works better, useful article.

[gaffyh]

Each game has it's own ports in addition to the ones listed in the article that need to be opened. For warframe, you will probably need to open the following ports:

3960 & 3962

https://www.warframe.com/2p...

^I know it says for PC, but I believe it uses the same ports on PS4.

[Mastadope42]

Get a new modem.

[ThanatosDMC]

Agreed. If you just have a normal modem docsis 3.0 and not a gateway (modem router combo) you wont have any problems. Router will control everything else.

[kreate]

Stay away from time warner cable.

[logan_izer10]

They say they don't recommend setting a static IP and putting ps4 into a DMZ but I disagree. If you set a static IP and you're sure the IP is correct. DMZ is the way to go on a console. Never have to worry about ports being open and virus' are a non issue for consoles

[ThanatosDMC]

^This but Static IP for comcast and twc is only available for business accounts but you can use "reserve ip" on a gateway to tie a console's mac address to one particular ip without worrying about dhcp changing it later. Then enable dmz to one console.

Wish they had gateways that are capable of multiple dmz modes.

[W1ldWolf]

You would set the static IP up internally and not externally. Basic stuff here, can be done with any DHCP setup on your router.

[ThanatosDMC]

^That's what I just said. But "static ip" is completely different from "reserve ip" therefore we dont use the word since it's only for business accounts like i said.

Pointless comment.

[Tempest317]

@thanatos to be fair, a dhcp reservation is a static ip...wildwolf probably said that because you mentioned getting a static ip from comcast...aka external. When I personally read the op's "static ip" statement as setting up a reservation, because it would be incredible ignorant to purchase a static ip (even if it were available) for something like this. So its possible wolf was misreading what you were saying since you mentioned comcast. Just a thought

[gaffyh]

No viruses yet, but it's always a possibility. Someone could also spoof your consoles mac, and have complete open access to your network.

[Baka-akaB]

Sure , but unless you made specific ennemies with that kind of knowledge , it's a fear that have yet to be usually fulfilled

[jacksons98]

Personally I don't sweat it much. If they want to steal my mp3s and family photos they can go for it.

[wsoutlaw87]

ya i have att uverse which supplies you a shitty router and modem in one, which has been known to cause issues with the psn. I put the ps4 in a dmz plus and it fixes everything. My ps4 isnt going to download a virus and im really not that worried about someone getting my mac address just to get into my network. They could just politely ask for the password.

[BadlyPackedKeebab]

I concur. Have had my consoles in the DMZ for years and its only been a positive experience. The only issue is many routers will only allow you to define 1 static (reserved) IP to go in there so you need to choose. I went with the PS4.

[XtraTrstrL]

Nat 2 just means you're behind a firewall or something usually. Nat 3 is the bad one. You can also try just setting up your network manually under 'network' on the PS4. Just copy the DNS, Gateway, etc. down and type them back in manually, then change the last digits of the IP address after the last "." to any digits, probably a single digit to not interfere with anything else. That way you make the IP address static, if it's not already. Sometimes this fixes Nat problems.

[snarls200]

thankfully i am not nat 3. i play a lot of gt6 online and nat 3's a forced into fixed host rooms

[nope111]

Does this work for the Vita? my Vita is at NAT 3, while my PS3 is NAT 2

[BadlyPackedKeebab]

There is no reason why you cannot configure a reserved IP on your router for your vita. Then configure your vita to only use that IP. Make sure your reserved IP is in the DMZ obviously.

Your only pain will come if you want to hook it up on another network... obviously having it set to a forced IP may cause you issues. Sometimes you will get away with it. Others you wont.

[lalalala]

@nope - Yes it should, because the ports are the same for PSN and Sony stuff

[Peloun]

consoles : they just work!

[vikingland1]

Mine says NAT2 by default I never did anything. I don't have too many issues usually.

[Cryptcuzz]

Any advice for one using a Note 3 with unlimited Verizon data servicse using that as a hotspot when gaming on the PS4?

My brother is doing that since he lives on a rural area that has satellite services as the only internet provider available. He tried their service and it is so slow it's not even funny.

So when he games on the PS4 with me. He frequently disconnects and reconnects again. Also, voice chat isn't available with me and him sometimes and I'm assuming its because his NAT type is always strict.

[gaffyh]

Voice chat port is 3658, try forwarding this in both tcp and udp, and see if it helps.

[Cryptcuzz]

The native hot spot feature of the Note 3 does not allow to change tcp or udp. Only option is broadcasting type 2.4 GHz/5GHz and broadcasting channel. That is all. Maybe I will have him try a third party tethering app to see if they have features like that. Thanks.

[fullmetal297]

You should never unnecessarily open your ports on your router or firewall, and this article is telling to open many ports. You will be much more vulnerable to getting hacked and I would research which exactly which ports to open for which service.

[RECONshift]

I am not good with computers, modems, routers etc, whatsoever. I was constantly being kicked from the destiny beta, mid mission, mid crucible match, kicked while going to the tower.. Error kept saying to check my network setup.. Couldn't figure out the whole port forwarding thing to save my life.. Or how to change the nat type (mine was already type 2).. But once I finally learned how to sign into my router.. I started looking at the firewall settings, and noticed an option that was enabled 'IP flood detection' so I just decided to disable it.. Then reset the router. It's been flawless ever since.

[Omegasyde]

I have never seen so much wrong info in one story ( not the side but the comments here).

First off if you want a reliable steady static PUBLIC ip, you need to pay for it unless you ARE isp. You only get IPs assigned to you dynamically. Sure you may have the same public ip for 2 or more days but it never remains constant. Your modems/ router mac is stuck to a WAN routing table which gets cleared routinely when the buffer is full or if custom lease times are set.

Alot of docsis modem 2.0 and older only do nat 2 since it as common practice and we werent running out of port ranges so fast for NATing. Now that people have more and more devices on thier local wifi and every device is multiplexing, new devices have new Natting policies.

My best advice is going on a wired connection, if you have to run 50ft of ethernet to do its worth it, CSda (iirc) is a bit**. Alot of games mostly run on UDP windowing, but stats are TCP based.

[jcmeadows]

I am hard wired in with my ps3/ps4 and 360 and I have all the correct ports open and I am still nat 3. My ISP claims they don't block ports but even with them open on my router and hard wired I'm still have problems

[Omegasyde]

What's your router model name and brand? IM me and Ill help you.

[Shakengandulf]

Can you help with a Thompson router, it sometimes switches between a nat type 3 and 2, atm its stuck on 3.

[MAULxx]

This is all well & good but I have 2 PS3s & 2 PS4s connected to my network. Also have 2 PCs and multiple wireless devices.
I have found that keeping upnp enabled & letting the router handle everything works quite well.
Asus Rt-N66R wireless N-900.

[Gardenia]

Open DMZ and UPnP on and you're NAT type should always be open. On some routers in combination with modems this can be a pain to figure out though

[JaimeGrey]

Guys help me plz,I had always been able to play since ps3 online and very rarely did I disconect,now on ps4 online experience is still fluid but on destiny beta it says my Nat type is strict same being said in cod and warframe but once I check it on Internet connection in ps4 menu it says my connection is Nat type2.in both destiny and cod I havent ran into any serious problems