PlayStation 4 on NAT Type 2 But limeted online

Soloam

Hello, I don't have double NAT! When I said that with my gateway I was able to to connect with no problem, I was saying that I plugged my ISP default router in place of my PfSense, and all worked ok. Sorry my English.

Guest

Please check https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=83332.0 (reply #10 and #29 mainly) and my posts about setting it up there.
I recently switched from the PS4 in it's own subnet to the PS4 in the LAN subnet.

I believe all NAT Port Forwards are still the same, but I would have to check that.
For me, I can play Destiny and use the PS4 chat party without any problems, and have a NAT Type 2 configuration.

And if you don't like Static Port for the IP address of the PS4, just setup every single port again for that IP address.
I don't see the point though, as the PS4 already only uses specific ports to go outside.

Soloam

Hello all, I was able to make everything working. I had to make a system restore, something was wrong and I wasn't able to find out what.

Now the only thing that is not working is the playstation app for remote connect to my ps4 by my android. Since I have in separated networks, it does not work. Any one using ps4 on a separated network that is able to use the playstation app?

Probably is better to open a new topic with this question to draw more attention to the specific case)

Thank you all

Guest

I tried looking up what ports are used for the app, but couldn't find any.
I think it uses port 80 or perhaps 443, but I haven't tested it.

And since the app does some kind of broadcast to find the PS4, I doubt it will reach the PS4 in the separate subnet anyway.

Soloam

Yes I can confirm that the app is doing a broadcast, I see the package being send to the broadcast IP. Is it possible to forward it to other interfaces?

Guest

I have no idea. I would need to search for an answer as much as you could do ;-)

Soloam

I did :) and according to several posts on the forum, it's no possible without bridging the interfaces, that is something that I don't what to do.

Guest

Alright, routing broadcast traffic is icky I believe :-)

But why would you still want the console in a separate subnet?
Why not do it the way I did now? I can connect the app and youtube easily now.

Soloam

My only concern is the number of ports opened, the UPNP, and the staic ports on outbound nat.

Another reason is the guests, I wave separated networks for guests, and I don't want to give them the wireless password for the main network because they need to connect their mobile to the wireless to use in some games.

Guest

If the ports to open is a concern, throw out the console?
This is a home LAN we're talking about, right?