Online gaming help - any ideas?

[Razzie.P]

Any of you tech gurus have any idea what the heck could cause this confusing mess?

 

I play online with a 2 friends. They live in the same house, and have 2 PS4 systems connected via the same internet. When we try to play online, usually only 2 of us can get connected at the same time, and the 3rd will either get a generic "connection error" or will connect for a short time and be dropped off. When he reconnects, the other player will be kicked out of game. For example --

 

Player 1 and 2 live in the same house. Player 3 in a different house. All have high speed internet. All are showing the correct NAT type.

 

Player 1 and 2 can connect fine. Player 3 has trouble connecting to the game.

 

Player 1 and 3 can connect fine. Player 2 has trouble connecting to the game.

 

Player 2 and 3 can connect fine. Player 1 has trouble connecting to the game.

 

This has happened on multiple games, and we're at a bit of a loss. Any help would be appreciated.

[Flojomojo]

Try turning off your network firewall on both ends for an hour and see if the problems continue. You might need to set up UPNP or port forwarding.

 

Be sure to turn your firewall back on when you're finished testing.