[SOLVED] Game Ranger NAT / Port Forwarding

Apr 25, 2020
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I am using android hotspot as my primary source of internet for game ranger on my laptop, I have tried everything but can't fix the NAT error or can't do port forwarding tried some apps too but nothing is working, my name always show in italic in game ranger.
 
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It all depends if the hotspot even has the features to let you port forward. Used to be you need to load apps.

I have not looked at this much because the much larger issue is you likely do not have a public IP on a mobile broadband connection.

Check the IP on your hotspot and see if the IP is public or private. If the IP you see is different than the IP you see on sites like whatsmyip then you have a private IP and port forwarding will never work.
It all depends if the hotspot even has the features to let you port forward. Used to be you need to load apps.

I have not looked at this much because the much larger issue is you likely do not have a public IP on a mobile broadband connection.

Check the IP on your hotspot and see if the IP is public or private. If the IP you see is different than the IP you see on sites like whatsmyip then you have a private IP and port forwarding will never work.
 
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