Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:18 pm
I believe I explained that opening ports would not magically make gaming packets move faster nor provide a better gaming experience unless listen servers were required. If you disable the firewall, does the problem go away? That is what port forwarding does for those ports by allowing inbound connections. Nothing else. And anything that you add to the default config will degrade performance if the bottleneck isn't on your end. That's how all routers work - processing rules takes CPU time and as such, adds latency. However, if you are saturating your bandwidth, you need QOS.
That being said, I would make sure your issues are not caused by other clients on the network by closely monitoring traffic. If you modified the default config, make sure you understand how traffic is routed within ROS. Gaming traffic uses small UDP packets and any excessive buffering or dropped packets will cause the issues you described.
Do you have issues during specific hours? Do you have issues if your gaming client is the only client connected or if you don't use the router? If the answer to those questions is yes, then your ISP is probably to blame. You can have your line checked, but gaming will not be their priority for acceptable service quality. ISP buffering, jitter and throttling will all have an impact on gaming and conferencing apps. Millions of people working from home hasn't helped. Once your packets leave your home, not a single router will fix any issues for you.
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Moba on Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.