Just how many ports does Nintendo Switch need!? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by root@lemmy.world to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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It's been a while since I've played any games online with my Nintendo switch, and I quickly remembered the issues with NAT types on the Switch.

When I checked, I had a NAT type of F, which will not allow online gaming. I found the guides on setting up the Hybrid NAT rules in Pfsense, but my type was still F. I then loosened up my outgoing port rules for that VLAN, and got a NAT type of B.

After tightening them back up a bit and looking online, it looks like the UDP range 1024 through 65535 is expected for outgoing UDP traffic. Is that right? That is a ton of ports, and possibly no better than just enabling uPnP.

Do I really need such a wide range to be able to maintain this NAT type B?

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[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Holy shit they are actually suggesting to put their console in DMZ??? https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22272 https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22489

There was nobody in the company that said "but wait"?

If someone has more than a console per household needs to get another internet connection in order to online play?

[-] root@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Networking isn't their strong suite, lol

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