Need help setting up port forwarding for bf1

[ViciousClone]

Hi guys and gals

So seeing netflix is being streamed a lot i can't get a decent international ping (always at 260 instead of 170-180)

So can someone help me out setting up port forwarding ?

 

[Rickster]

Whats port forwarding have to do with ping? If you are connecting to the server you don't need to port forward.

If someone is streaming they will use all the available bandwidth causing your game to struggle.

The only way you can fix this is to limit their streaming bandwidth or get another account via PPPoE dialup.

 

[ViciousClone]

Whats port forwarding have to do with ping? If you are connecting to the server you don't need to port forward.

If someone is streaming they will use all the available bandwidth causing your game to struggle.

The only way you can fix this is to limit their streaming bandwidth or get another account via PPPoE dialup.

So how does one limit the streaming bandwith

 

[Rickster]

So how does one limit the streaming bandwith

You get a decent router.

 

[Johnatan56]

Whats port forwarding have to do with ping? If you are connecting to the server you don't need to port forward.

If someone is streaming they will use all the available bandwidth causing your game to struggle.

The only way you can fix this is to limit their streaming bandwidth or get another account via PPPoE dialup.

Or QoS.

 

[Rickster]

Or QoS.

In the past I've used QoS but found it to be very flaky and unreliable. Maybe it's gotten better.

 

[Genisys]

In the past I've used QoS but found it to be very flaky and unreliable. Maybe it's gotten better.

Actually, QoS is probably a better idea than a second PPPoE account. A second PPPoE account will do absolutely nothing if the other account is maxing out the adsl line.

 

[Rickster]

Actually, QoS is probably a better idea than a second PPPoE account. A second PPPoE account will do absolutely nothing if the other account is maxing out the adsl line.

Well the line speed has to be bumped so they don't overlap. Eg. 8meg line + 2x4meg accounts.

 

[Johnatan56]

Well the line speed has to be bumped so they don't overlap. Eg. 8meg line + 2x4meg accounts.

Well, the 4meg accounts could burst, so you might still have that issue.
A proper QoS would be better. Never had a router that can't handle it, most have it on by default. Exceptions are for upload, for some reasons most routers don't manage that properly, you have to rate limit then with min/max upload.

 

[SauRoNZA]

That Router has a Game Mode you can enable.

But as was said above port forwarding won't improve latency.

QOS might, but also not in your average cheap as chips pack in Router.

 

[Genisys]

That Router has a Game Mode you can enable.

But as was said above port forwarding won't improve latency.

QOS might, but also not in your average cheap as chips pack in Router.

My Cheap Mikrotik does QoS just fine. It was not even R500. It was a bitch to get working properly though.

 

[SauRoNZA]

My Cheap Mikrotik does QoS just fine. It was not even R500. It was a bitch to get working properly though.

By cheap as chips I meant consumer routers, which a Mikrotik is very very far from.