I fixed the LOBBY NOT JOINABLE for me

[thebumishere]

After playing for 9 years with same friend every night (zombies), on sept 6th we started getting the lobby not joinable . We have all ways played with NAT MODERATE and never a problem til the 6th, I searched for a week for help and nothing worked. So I decided to take TREYARCHs in game suggestion, I got into my router (first time ever) and I turned on UPNP thats universal plug and play for my connected computers IP number. that lets your computer communicate when online gaming that you want to use what ever port the game requests, I also in the same screen put in port 27017 for port forwarding, I was not sure here because it had 2 places (internal and external port number) so I put 27017 in both, next line gave 3 choices ( TCP or UDP or both) I chose UDP. All what I did was what treyarch suggests you do for the best online game experience. All this info is in the game menu under network, ALL THOUGH I was not in agreement on this because my game was working fine without doing this all these years, It seemed to have worked for me now and I am not having any problem joining lobby any more (well at least for 3 hours tonight) I will update this post if I get the lobby not joinable again, And to answer a important question....YES BOTH ME AND THE FRIEND I PLAY ZOMBIES WITH NOW BOTH HAVE ( NAT OPEN ) for the first time.. I really hope this was the solution for me, will see.

[Shockwaffle]

Happy that it worked for you, here it did not make a single difference. For anyone else viewing this post and wanting to find a fix to the issue with NAT open, know that I also have this issue still with the NAT open and a range of ports forwarded (3074, 3478, 27014-27036 etc). Really hoping for an official fix for this soon

[thebumishere]

strange, first why if the in game instuctions for PC say port 27014 did you open all you did, second did you turn on UPNP so your pc can communicate with router??? Did you restart modem, router and PC? Im only sharing what worked for me, Im in ohio using spectrum internet. I will be playing again with friend at 7 pm tonight, will add to post if it still works or not. NOTE most people either refuse to or have no idea of how to get into router to make changes and I understand that.

[Hundawg]

Originally posted by thebumishere:

strange, first why if the in game instuctions for PC say port 27014 did you open all you did, second did you turn on UPNP so your pc can communicate with router??? Did you restart modem, router and PC? Im only sharing what worked for me, Im in ohio using spectrum internet. I will be playing again with friend at 7 pm tonight, will add to post if it still works or not. NOTE most people either refuse to or have no idea of how to get into router to make changes and I understand that.

https://support.activision.com/articles/ports-used-for-call-of-duty-games
Says to open all those ports. I just opened all those ports this morning and was able to play with my friends after not being able to.

[Hundawg]

Originally posted by Shockwaffle:

Happy that it worked for you, here it did not make a single difference. For anyone else viewing this post and wanting to find a fix to the issue with NAT open, know that I also have this issue still with the NAT open and a range of ports forwarded (3074, 3478, 27014-27036 etc). Really hoping for an official fix for this soon

Did you make sure to choose the right option when forwarding? Either TCP or UDP do have specific ones to port forward

[thebumishere]

I must note ..the PC in game intructions when my nat was moderate only said using port 27014 so thats the only one I used and it said to turn on UPNP so my PC can communicate with router. I did watch many videos of others who opened the other ports for xbox or play station, I only have a pc and no xbox or play station so I only followed the PC instructions that are in game under network. I did not go to the support link someone else just posted that covers all 3 platforms.

[thebumishere]

Originally posted by Hundawg:

Originally posted by Shockwaffle:

Happy that it worked for you, here it did not make a single difference. For anyone else viewing this post and wanting to find a fix to the issue with NAT open, know that I also have this issue still with the NAT open and a range of ports forwarded (3074, 3478, 27014-27036 etc). Really hoping for an official fix for this soon

Did you make sure to choose the right option when forwarding? Either TCP or UDP do have specific ones to port forward

I used UDP MYSELF. and I think anyone trying to do this needs to read every step before saying it didnt work.

[thebumishere]

I would like to add this....This was my first time trying to get into my router settings since I got a supplied router from spectrum, when years ago I owned my own router I got into it from my internet browser by typing 192.168.1.1 and hitting enter, at that point my old router asked for password.....for the router I have now from spectrum I did the same thing 192.168.1.1 and it said I needed the spectrum app to continue to router. I searched and could not find a app for the windows PC so I followed instructions to go to play store and I found the MY SPECTRUM APP for my phone, I opened the app and it asked for my user name and password, well since I pay my internet bill online yes I have that info, so I entered that and the app opened and gave me a choice for internet settings which is where I did what I originally posted... all routers are different on how you get into settings and what I did was for windows PC only. SORRY IF THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU. Important that all the players you connect to must do same and if you do not know them personally then how can you trust they did?

[thebumishere]

Originally posted by Hundawg:

Originally posted by thebumishere:

strange, first why if the in game instuctions for PC say port 27014 did you open all you did, second did you turn on UPNP so your pc can communicate with router??? Did you restart modem, router and PC? Im only sharing what worked for me, Im in ohio using spectrum internet. I will be playing again with friend at 7 pm tonight, will add to post if it still works or not. NOTE most people either refuse to or have no idea of how to get into router to make changes and I understand that.

https://support.activision.com/articles/ports-used-for-call-of-duty-games
Says to open all those ports. I just opened all those ports this morning and was able to play with my friends after not being able to.

OK I just went to the website you suggested.
It said PC TCP 3074, 27014-27050 and UDP 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
Honestly I would have been confused if I tried that as when I was in my router I only saw 4 lines to fill in, 1 which device thats connected 2 internal port 3 external port 4 TCP or UDP or BOTH. and the in game network menu only said forword 27014.
Now I see others saying that they were able to join on saturday with out doing any thing, now this can make a person like me wonder if what i did after a week of not being able to play actually worked, but my nat is now open for the first time ever so thats a plus.

[thebumishere]

OK update, made this original post saturday the 22nd and today 23rd and game works fine agaim, still dont know if it was my fix or what ever it was blocking lobbies stopped. hows the game working for you?

[Shockwaffle]

Originally posted by thebumishere:

OK update, made this original post saturday the 22nd and today 23rd and game works fine agaim, still dont know if it was my fix or what ever it was blocking lobbies stopped. hows the game working for you?

Haven't gotten around to trying with other people again, but tried with 2 different clients earlier to no avail.
My main issue is that my router doesn't support forwarding more than 16 ports, and also doesn't support forwarding ranges of ports. I'm quite afraid that the fix for me is to buy a new router.
I decided to forward the ports standing for themselves, as well as the first and last port of the ranges. I also enabled uPNP, but that made no changes.

Gonna try to play with someone again in a few days perhaps, and just soak up as much information as I can in the meantime. Might also give my provider a call to see if I can set up the router differently.

Originally posted by thebumishere:

I would like to add this....This was my first time trying to get into my router settings since I got a supplied router from spectrum, when years ago I owned my own router I got into it from my internet browser by typing 192.168.1.1 and hitting enter, at that point my old router asked for password.....for the router I have now from spectrum I did the same thing 192.168.1.1 and it said I needed the spectrum app to continue to router. I searched and could not find a app for the windows PC so I followed instructions to go to play store and I found the MY SPECTRUM APP for my phone, I opened the app and it asked for my user name and password, well since I pay my internet bill online yes I have that info, so I entered that and the app opened and gave me a choice for internet settings which is where I did what I originally posted... all routers are different on how you get into settings and what I did was for windows PC only. SORRY IF THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU. Important that all the players you connect to must do same and if you do not know them personally then how can you trust they did?

Also to anyone not understanding how to log into your router you need to know your IP's Default Gateway. You find this by opening your command prompt and typing "ipconfig", then it should spit out a bunch of IP adresses. In bumishere's case his IP was 192.168.1.1, but the first 3 numbers can be different, in my case the third number wasn't 1. The important part is that the LAST number will very likely be 1.
Once you have that, you put the IP in your browser and hit enter, and you'll need your routers password to log in. It's usually printed on your router label, but it's usually something like "1234" or "admin". Mine was 1234.

[Shockwaffle]

Originally posted by Hundawg:

Originally posted by Shockwaffle:

Happy that it worked for you, here it did not make a single difference. For anyone else viewing this post and wanting to find a fix to the issue with NAT open, know that I also have this issue still with the NAT open and a range of ports forwarded (3074, 3478, 27014-27036 etc). Really hoping for an official fix for this soon

Did you make sure to choose the right option when forwarding? Either TCP or UDP do have specific ones to port forward

I did do TCP, UDP and both. Realized it had to be UDP later, but made no difference. NAT is open.
My main issue is that I'm not sure what the internal LAN is supposed to be. Last time I tried FTP, HTTP, DNS and TCP, but I've yet to try the ports on activisions list. I've set it up as 27017/27017 now, but I haven't tried it yet. NAT was open no matter what the internal LAN was set as.

[thebumishere]

Originally posted by Shockwaffle:

Originally posted by Hundawg:

Did you make sure to choose the right option when forwarding? Either TCP or UDP do have specific ones to port forward

I did do TCP, UDP and both. Realized it had to be UDP later, but made no difference. NAT is open.
My main issue is that I'm not sure what the internal LAN is supposed to be. Last time I tried FTP, HTTP, DNS and TCP, but I've yet to try the ports on activisions list. I've set it up as 27017/27017 now, but I haven't tried it yet. NAT was open no matter what the internal LAN was set as.

Thank you SHOCKWAFFLE for adding to this post with great info, My goal in this post was to try to share my struggles on getting this game to work again. I hope others share too good info that might help others..

Just a quick back story on me that shows my love for online gaming.
I have played FPS games with the same friend every night (ususlly 2 hours from 7 to 9 pm est) since the late 90s. Im 63 and my friend is 68 ya smile at that. we started with my most favorite game DUKE NUKEM 3D, and that was dial up modem to modem direct connection. moved on to all the quake versions and many more games inbetween. Oh ya we still play DUKE 3D because someone who loved the game too was able to port it for todays gaming via STEAM and the megaton edition which now is still working but no longer available on steam but it still works and just like bo3 has a work shop with user made maps.. the point is here, Im making this original post only to share what it took for me to get this game which is the best bang for the buck working when a problem stops it, this game is only tops for PC players who love the zombie play and this is because of all those who took the time to make great workshop maps and those on YOUTUBE like YOUALLWAYSWIN who share game play on the user made maps... I hope this post continues to have replies that are trying to help those who need help. PS... Im reading other posts of others who have same original issue LOBBY NOT JOINABLE and its sad to see what many say. MY point is ...you dont need a VPN or a secondary program or allmost all of what others are saying to get this game working... I do see there is allways a chance that a windows update or a update to ones internet router can change what you were use too and has effected the game.. every one having a problem needs to try what honest helpers are saying and do not fall for the secondary program you need to install bullcrap. Thats my story and Im sticking to it..

[Shockwaffle]

Originally posted by thebumishere:

Originally posted by Shockwaffle:

I did do TCP, UDP and both. Realized it had to be UDP later, but made no difference. NAT is open.
My main issue is that I'm not sure what the internal LAN is supposed to be. Last time I tried FTP, HTTP, DNS and TCP, but I've yet to try the ports on activisions list. I've set it up as 27017/27017 now, but I haven't tried it yet. NAT was open no matter what the internal LAN was set as.

Thank you SHOCKWAFFLE for adding to this post with great info, My goal in this post was to try to share my struggles on getting this game to work again. I hope others share too good info that might help others..

Just a quick back story on me that shows my love for online gaming.
I have played FPS games with the same friend every night (ususlly 2 hours from 7 to 9 pm est) since the late 90s. Im 63 and my friend is 68 ya smile at that. we started with my most favorite game DUKE NUKEM 3D, and that was dial up modem to modem direct connection. moved on to all the quake versions and many more games inbetween. Oh ya we still play DUKE 3D because someone who loved the game too was able to port it for todays gaming via STEAM and the megaton edition which now is still working but no longer available on steam but it still works and just like bo3 has a work shop with user made maps.. the point is here, Im making this original post only to share what it took for me to get this game which is the best bang for the buck working when a problem stops it, this game is only tops for PC players who love the zombie play and this is because of all those who took the time to make great workshop maps and those on YOUTUBE like YOUALLWAYSWIN who share game play on the user made maps... I hope this post continues to have replies that are trying to help those who need help. PS... Im reading other posts of others who have same original issue LOBBY NOT JOINABLE and its sad to see what many say. MY point is ...you dont need a VPN or a secondary program or allmost all of what others are saying to get this game working... I do see there is allways a chance that a windows update or a update to ones internet router can change what you were use too and has effected the game.. every one having a problem needs to try what honest helpers are saying and do not fall for the secondary program you need to install bullcrap. Thats my story and Im sticking to it..

The thing is: if I'm having these issues still, someone else is as well. I will say, using the t7 patch is what finally got BO3 to accept my forwarded ports and set my NAT to open. And at the end of the day, while software and hardware continues to evolve, games without official support will eventually be unplayable and unsupported. With support for BO3 finally "cut" after 9 years, we might not have a choice but to resort to using third party and community tools to maintain the game. BO3 is simply put "out of warranty".
While I don't think it's old enough to "REQUIRE" third party tools, they absolutely help. The menu in BO3 is borderline unusable without the t7 patch for instance, and multiplayer is downright risking your personal information without it. However, I do believe this can be fixed by fiddling with ports and network, as long as you understand what you're doing.

Not that anybody asked or cared, but I work in IT and I have an education within, so this isn't strange to me. What is strange is how BO3 just refuses to use the policies I've applied to it. And I'm not the only one. This game really is an enigma of code as far as network solutions go

[tachi]

My Nat type and friends are both open and last night we were held back by "lobby not joinable" We tried using the T7 patch and nothing changed. We also followed every current available guide to fix this to no avail. We are just gonna cut our losses after losing 4 hours of our night trying to fix this

[Shockwaffle]

Originally posted by tachi:

My Nat type and friends are both open and last night we were held back by "lobby not joinable" We tried using the T7 patch and nothing changed. We also followed every current available guide to fix this to no avail. We are just gonna cut our losses after losing 4 hours of our night trying to fix this

People have had luck using the Radmin VPN, so if you still fancy giving it another go then that would be a good hail mary