quick question

xnightcrawlerxx · August 02, 2009, 01:16:33 PM

is anyone else having trouble getting into public matches in gears 2? for some reason when i search for matches, it never gets past the searching part. ive joined friends private matches, but i cant get into public ones. the only thing i can think of is maybe it has something to do with my connection. i switched to DSL, but i havent heard any complaints about lag when i join games. could it be firewall issues? and if it is a firewall issue, how would i go about correcting it?

sambo · August 02, 2009, 01:21:41 PM

I sometimes have trouble getting into public matches although after a while I get into a game.

xnightcrawlerxx · August 02, 2009, 01:25:42 PM

yeah. ive always had a little trouble, but this is the first time i couldnt get into any games. its weird

GamerMan316 · August 02, 2009, 01:27:48 PM

it's been the opposite for me, i've been getting into matches pretty quickly, a while ago though i'd be waiting ages to play.

sambo · August 02, 2009, 01:28:34 PM

Could have something to do with the new download. I have not had any trouble getting into Horde matches.

xnightcrawlerxx · August 02, 2009, 01:41:54 PM

idk. i did get a message about my firewall but im not really sure what to change on it though. also, idk if itll matter much but this is what speedtest told me

Kyuubi · August 02, 2009, 05:32:20 PM

I had problems for ages getting onto Gears online........my mate had borrowed the game off of me.

xnightcrawlerxx · August 02, 2009, 06:59:12 PM

i figured it out. my NAT settings are stuck at strict. now if only i could get my ISP to help me out

GamerMan316 · August 02, 2009, 07:55:06 PM

Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on August 02, 2009, 06:59:12 PM
i figured it out. my NAT settings are stuck at strict. now if only i could get my ISP to help me out

I used to get Strict NAT quite a lot, one trick that worked everytime would be to just unplug the router (BT Hub in my case) leave it for a couple of minutes then plug it back in & i always got an open NAT.

Then i moved the Hub & put the my ethernet cable into a different port & i've never had a Strict NAT since.

xnightcrawlerxx · August 08, 2009, 02:54:19 PM

thanks for the tips. the modem the isp sent me was old i think. i bought a new modem/router combo and got rid of the strict setting so maybe that'll help me find games.