How to change NAT from strict back to moderate

[SergeantDeath]

hi i have just noticed my NAT is strict and dont know how to change it back and i dont use a router... any help appreciated

[texasrattler]

If you don't use a router, I believe it's up to your provider then. I can't be 100% sure though as I have never not used a router or it's been so long since, maybe a decade or two.

There is a thing called a combo. So you may not even realize it but your provider may have given you a modem but it may also be a router hense the combo name. Google your model or talk to your provider.

Currently i'm using a combo from Centurylink.

[texasrattler]

Your NAT needs to be open not strict or moderate. Anything but open, you can have issues.

[SergeantDeath]

ok thank you heaps for your help

[zachjd]

1. Open Network from the desktop or start menu
2. Right click your router, click properties, click settings
3. Click add, type Bo2, your IP, and 3074 to 3074 to UDP
4. Click ok. Start BO2, should be open.

Works every time for me on my wired connection.
If you're wireless, I suppose the only way is in router settings
Either way works. I actually decided to use router settings instead
because my IP kept changing and I had to do extra stuff because
steam kept disconnecting me. but just for nat open, that should do it.

[zachjd]

Also if you don't know your IP: click start then type cmd, hit enter, type ipconfig, hit enter, and IPv4 Address is your IP

[SergeantDeath]

yea mate i don't use a router at all... i only use a USB AIRCARD hotspot modem...model is NETGEAR 320U

[SergeantDeath]

so i guess i will need to invest in a router then...as i cant overcome this problem, i was thinking a NETGEAR Nighthawk if i was going to get one

[texasrattler]

You don't need a night hawk. That's a lil over kill. Up to you but a good AC router will be the Netgear AC1650 model. It's good enough to do everything you need plus have the new AC wifi. Cost about $150 less too.

There's a lot about AC routers and routers in general, in majority of cases, there is no need to spend more than $150 on a router, especially on the new AC routers. If you do enough research you will see that some higher end AC models will require a new adapter to even make the AC option even be useful, this new adapter is hardly found.

[SergeantDeath]

is that the modem router or the wifi router ?
cause the modem router is AC1600 and the wifi router is AC1750

[texasrattler]

no the ac1650 is just a router. if you want a modem/router aka combo with AC, best one would be the AC1800 by motarola.

[SergeantDeath]

on the netgear site it says its a modem router

[texasrattler]

It's not a cable modem. It's just a router,

I may have given you the wrong model #. The real model is the netgear R6250, most will call it the ac1600.

[SergeantDeath]

the AC 1600 is a WIFI Modem Router ..

[SergeantDeath]

sorry no i found it

[SergeantDeath]

would you go R6250 or the R6300