I’ve got a Nintendo Switch I’m trying to use online with my granddaughters. It was working after I set up port forwarding a few months ago. Now it seems its not working any more. I’ve tried to update my firmware, reintsall the config file, no help. Returned to the previous firmware, reinstalled the config, still no help. Delete all port forwarding and Nat related entries and it still didn’t work. I have a peplink Max Transit Pro with Starlink, one cell sim connection and TMobile home internet. None of the sources would change the result. I decided to try park wifi and it finally worked, but obviously that’s not a solution as I’ll be travelling from park to park. Why am I not able to configure my port forwarding to get the correct NAT type for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendos set up is simple. set up a static IP address and add port forwarding rule.
Hi Marcelo,
Sorry it took so long to reply. We were traveling this weekend and didn’t get a chance to set things up. I’ve checked the WAN addresses for all my connections and they do all read 192… or 10… I’m not sure how to get one of those to connect with an outside IP. Is that something else I missed?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
The above IPs are for my network connections such as TMobile, Sim card and Starlink from within Peplink admin page. The switch is showing a global IP of 209.200.xxx.xxx.
Thank you Marcelo,
So I have confirmed the WAN IPs are all 192.168 or 10.39.
I tried enabling uPnP and set up port forwarding like the article I added suggested. Still no help. You mentioned to open a udp/tcp port. Can you send a how to? I may have tried that, but I mainly hung around the port forwarding.
Thanks
Marcelo, this is what my WANs look like right now. I believe my Starlink had and external IP at one point. I read that this could have been caused by a NAT process. I checked all my settings and removed any config I added. I will reveiw the link you sent and see what I can do.
Thanks
I’m not sure how I lost my external IP address then. My switch worked for a couple months with no problem. Now I don’t have an external IP. I’ve uploaded old config files and nothing seems to change. This is really strange.
Your best bet would be to ignore the nintendo guide, configure the switch with DHCP, remove all the port forward config and you should find that it works fine on the internet.
I’ve got 3 of them in my house, + xbox and gaming pc’s and have never had to configure port forwarding to use them. With older consoles and gaming on pc’s this was a thing but the new consoles deal with nat fine.
If you have set firewall rules you might want to check those, and if you have any custom config for outbound policy, you could maybe look to give the switch a simple config where it uses a single connection.
OP, i agree with @James_Webster5240 , but most importantly, please do not enable uPnP or do any port forwarding. These are two highly insecure things to do if you’re not extremely familiar with networking and, even then, it’s still a bad idea.
A cellular connection will not give you a public IP without paying and, in some cases, you require a business account to do this.
Starlink will not give you a public IP without having a business account.
I have had no issues with a Nintendo Switch on a NAT network like yours without those features.
