Can't connect to any multiplayer game, but internet works just fine

[Gluten Free Bread]

Hello! I'm just wondering if anyone has had the same problem as me and is also trying to fix it, or has fixed it in the past.

Basically, for the past few months, my laptop (Asus ROG G15 Strix), has been unable to connect (or able to, but I get kicked very frequently) to any of my friends, for any of the steam games that I own.

I feel like I've tried everything, I've read that Asus laptops tend to have lots of unnecessary software as default and, to the best of my ability, I believe that I have removed those. I've tried allowing my games through my firewall, and port forwarding the required port(s) several times, to no avail. I've tried making dedicated servers for my games, several times, not one of them worked. I've flushed the dns using cmd ipconfig /flushdns. I've tried using Hamachi, I've tried using a different internet. I've tried using a different steam account on the same laptop. I've tried letting my friends join me instead.

The only games I've successfully been able to play with friends without difficulties, is Fortnite and Minecraft, which I suspect is because they're using a different launcher; thus why I'm posting this here.

I'm at a completely dead end and I am really grasping at straws for an answer now, so any help is appreciated.

The games in question that I've tried are:
- 7 Days to Die
- Terraria (Both tModloader, and vanilla)
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Garry's Mod

[CZI]

Your NAT type may be issue.

It's about how your PC is connected to internet.

In general:
OK: Internet - modem - PC
OK: Internet - modem - router - PC
NG: Internet - modem - router - router - PC

Following guide has good info:

How to change NAT type to Open [Updated 2025] 

A Guide for Call of Duty: Black Ops III

By: Pelinkovac CRO

The definitive guide for changing your NAT Type to Open for the best multiplayer and co-op connection (Port Forwarding) This guide works for all games and platforms

[Gluten Free Bread]

Originally posted by UberFiend:

In Steam Settings, In-Game, adjust the Server Browser Pings.

Tried this, doesn't seem to work.

[no154370]

how far away is your laptop to the router???????

also, have you contact your ISP to make sure that the issue is not on their end.

^_^

[Gluten Free Bread]

My laptop is directly under my router, and connected via ethernet. And I've moved since this started happening using two different ISP's so, I'll assume that's not the problem (I also live in student housing currently so I'd assume several other students would complain as well)

[Ettanin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT

If you have a non-dedicated IPv4 address, you won't be able to properly play peer-to-peer games (Of which I know are Deep Rock Galactic and Garry's Mod, the latter for self-hosted servers).

To play peer-to-peer games, your IPv4 address must be dedicated (dynamic or static doesn't matter). It must be allocated just to you so you have the full port range.

Ask your ISP for a "public IPv4 address" allocation.

With regards to student housing, forget about peer-to-peer games because they won't allow you to forward ports, for obvious reasons. And even worse, they will likely block the ports the game needs.

It's possible the routing of your student housing or some other study-related software damaged the windows socket settings - try the following in a CMD box opened as admin: netsh winsock reset (requires a restart).

[Sam]

OP. Did you ever figure out a solution? I have the same laptop and the same issue.

[Der Klumpen]

I have the same problem. I also live in a student housing. If you got a solution, please tell. :/

I found a work-around by using a VPN of my university. It worked quite well for a few years until now.

[Sabrine]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.