What is NAT

[Raijin]

Hello,

So, I have been playing some games lately that are telling me Nat: Strict.

I suppose this is bad.

So what is NAT and how do I fix it?

[The Sloth]

xbone one ? http://support.xbox.com/en-CA/xbox-one/networking/nat-error-solution

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, Raijin said:

Hello,

So, I have been playing some games lately that are telling me Nat: Strict.

I suppose this is bad.

So what is NAT and how do I fix it?

console i presume?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=NAT+TYPE&oq=NAT+TYPE&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1747j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Raijin]

Oh forgot to say PC.

[manikyath]

NAT is "network address translation", which is something your router does.

 

 

 

funnily enough, the only source i can find on "nat:strict" is an article from xbox saying "have you tried turning it on and off again"

[Raijin]

Yes I have ?

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

if you want to change the "strict" you need to google your game and look for the port numbers to forward on your router

[CiscoFan]

A better explanation for NAT is that it is network access translation and what it does is it takes, as an example 10.0.10.2 will get turned into 184.1.27.155. It is taking a private IP and putting it through the outside interface.

[tt2468]

1 hour ago, SCHISCHKA said:

if you want to change the "strict" you need to google your game and look for the port numbers to forward on your router

Or if the game has developers that aren't lazy bastards it should be able to use upnp