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Re: online gaming PS4

Henry5 — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:42:12 GMT

Just signed up to an 18 month 100G mobile broadband with EE with the understanding I will be able to online game. After reading some of the feedback I’m getting a little nervous! Is there any information I need in terms of set up to avoid these issues? It arrives in 2 days and don’t want to be hitting a brick wall right from the off! Living rural with not land line hence the purchase!

Re: Re: online gaming PS4

XRaySpeX — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:56:54 GMT

@Henry5 : It is possible that you run up against a limitation of EE's mobile network. The EE mobile network uses Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) resulting in a double NAT, which means that you don't get your own public IP address but share it with other users. So you can't be uniquely id'ed on the Net & therefore your LAN cannot be addressed from outside for unsolicited accesses. This is unlike fixed BB.

If this occurs there is nowt you can do to avoid it.

Re: Re: online gaming PS4

camy252 — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:56:13 GMT

I was worried about this too but I'm getting Nat type 2 on my PS4 which is what most people get and therefore have no problems. I'm kind of surprised so wondering why mine is okay and most people with EE aren't.