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    [SOLVED]Getting kicked out from playing Overwatch

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    • JeGrJ
      JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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      @Bob-Dig gave you a couple of 👍 so you shouldn't be hit as hard by spam detection anymore.

      Still don't really get your NAT forwards or rules you made with pfBlockerNG but we could more easily discuss that in german in the other section. But a 100.x address is most probably a CGN address. And if you have that on the WAN and can port forwards ports yourself, the assumption that double NAT from the carrier itself is in play is a big possibility. As there are quite a few special nets included in the various pfBNG lists, it may very well be an update of one of the lists that locked you out of play (as some of them get updated hourly). Perhaps a false positive or sth.

      Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

      If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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        Doktor Jones @NogBadTheBad
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        @NogBadTheBad and now you've preserved it for posterity in your own post despite the fact that it's they've removed it 🤣

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        • Bob.DigB
          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JeGr
          last edited by Bob.Dig

          @JeGr Hey JeGr, thanks for upvoting. What is not to get on my NAT-Forwards? I now do geo-blocking or to be more precise -permitting within these rules.
          And again, I don't know what my ISP is doing... I only say I can open ports, lucky me. ☺

          And before that I geoblocked almost every Country on the WAN-Interface, which worked quite nice I thought, because it effected only unsolicited incoming connections. Worked good to geoblock on my port-forwards. I also could go everywhere on the web so I am pretty sure with the "unsolicited" incoming connections. And that should never be making a problem to the overwatch game in the first place. Overwacht doesn't open any ports, no UPnP.
          So I think it was just the overwhelming geoblocking that was somewhat responsible for dropping the connection.. But that is just a guess. There are some more variables on my side. But it works now, so probably solved.

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Doktor Jones
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            @Doktor-Jones

            @NogBadTheBad and now you've preserved it for posterity in your own post despite the fact that it's they've removed it 🤣

            ☺ I removed it yesterday, don't think it is needed but I am no expert.
            PS:Still getting flagged as spam when doing full-quotes.

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            • JeGrJ
              JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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              @Bob-Dig said in [SOLVED]Getting kicked out from playing Overwatch:

              And that should never be making a problem to the overwatch game in the first place. Overwacht doesn't open any ports, no UPnP.

              Yeah but Blizzard is using CDNs and other stuff. Even when just allowing German/EU servers your pfBNG rules may very well been hit by IPs listed to other areas/countries etc. because of CDN and Co. And as the lists are updated hourly that could enter an IP you were using to one of the blocklists.

              What is not to get on my NAT-Forwards?

              I'm not discussing your forwards, just saying, that with your blurs I can't say anything about them being effective/useful or not. And as your screenshot on your LAN shows pfBNG rules as well (Pri1!) it's entirely possible, that one of the necessary IPs for Overwatch was listed on one of the PRI1 lists temporarily (false positives happen) and you were kicked out be the rule taking effect hourly. Also you didn't mention running IDS in addition, which could also have triggered that. But as you say it's working now, pretty sure it was a pfBNG list.

              Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

              If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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              • Bob.DigB
                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JeGr
                last edited by Bob.Dig

                @JeGr I watched the IDS every time, there was nothing.

                And the pfBNG on LAN would had potentially harm every pfsense user with this pfBNG-rule who was playing overwatch (in europe), wouldn't the outcry immense around here? 😉

                Here is a non-blurred version of my newly created port-forwards thanks to NogBadTheBad. I hope you like it, I do.
                There is not much happening and it is more a fun-project, hosting these servers, again, I am no professional but kinda like this stuff on an amateur-basis. And pfSense is a new challenge and I like it too. Also I didn't got any more firmwareupgrades for my beloved merlin-router. 😋

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                • JeGrJ
                  JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                  Can't say I really understand what you are doing with !pfB_Top_v4 and why you use different entry points for IMAP but sure. As EULiked is a custom thing, one can only hope the selection is good for you ;)

                  Not the first time some IP get's recognized as a wrong country. Nothing to do with pfBNG but with Maxmind and their IP updates. Other lists, too. And no, I don't think many gamers have outbound pfBlocker running on their gaming network - or even pfsense running ;)

                  Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

                  If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                    @JeGr said in [SOLVED]Getting kicked out from playing Overwatch:

                    Not the first time some IP get's recognized as a wrong country

                    Yeah this is can be problematic for sure.. Especially with shortage of space increasing the sale/transfer of space..

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @JeGr
                      last edited by Bob.Dig

                      @JeGr I have different Geo Setting for smtp then for pop and imap, sure you doesn't get the reason for this?
                      And again, the geo-blocking, witch I did before, was only for unsolicited incoming connections. So it shouldn't had any impact on overwatch or anything I did on my machine.

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                      • trykT
                        tryk
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                        did you end up figuring out the fix for this. i just installed pfsense and had the same issue . works fine if i disable geoblocking. i have it setup mainly because i have open port for cameras.

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                        • Bob.DigB
                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @tryk
                          last edited by Bob.Dig

                          @tryk My solution was this, not geo-blocking the world but to geo-allow in the port-forwards.
                          @Bob-Dig said in [SOLVED]Getting kicked out from playing Overwatch:

                          Here is a non-blurred version of my newly created port-forwards thanks to NogBadTheBad. I hope you like it, I do.

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