ok first of all im from sweden i got a router called zyxel-prestige 320w. just bought ps3 and rainbow six.,.,the problem is the online gaming is acting really wierd...when i start i up i can play one game and after i quit and searh again it doesnt find anything,.,.and i cant join invites.,and if i start my on game people cant connect to it.. ive stayed in my first game once and could play for like 45 min then it just threw me back in to the playstation menu,.ALL THE WAY BACK!!! but im still logged on to the network. i can see my friendlist still..,when i test the connection it goes ip-succed, internet-succed, playstation network-succed, upnp-availeble, nat-failed, error message comes updont know what it says in english versions but here's my translation) connection to the server exeded the timelimit. ive reed about dmz but cant find it in my router internet settings thing on the web. ive tryed to port forward but dont know if i did it right( dont know wicht port-number im supposed to use) the support for the router is retarded spent 30 min alking to som voice mail-thing that didnt lead me anywere. if it makes any difference i first set up the router wireless but changed it when my connection acted funny the first time,,.,have rebooted it since then,.,.and changed the setting on ps3 to wire.,...,.,.dont understand whats wrong so after a lot of frustration and 2 minor nervous brakedowns and 1 sucied attempt i found this forum,.,.i need help.,((just kidding about the breakdowns and suicide attempts of course at least IRL hehe))

ok i'll try that..wont get home untill sunday but hope it works,.,.by the way,.,the port i opened ( or whatever i managed to do ,im not sure) should i closed it again or just leave it the way it is...cause the day after i opened it i played for like 4 hours in my first game.,.,at least thats some improvement...but when i quited i couldnt find a game as usual.,.anyway il try what you said,.,.thanx

by the way my friend is having some problems to so i thaught ill ask ( since he is too lazy to get his tumbs out of his %¤& and fix it,.,he can play and all that doesnt have any problems whit finding games,.,but he randomly gets logged out of PSN,.,and he also gets trown all the way back to the ps3 menu sometimes,.hes got a d-link router dont know witch one but its not the gaming one that im sure of.,.

nopp didnt work,.,.but the mac filtering i found was under wireless lan.,.,.but im not running wireless any more,.,.any other ideas?,.,still not getting any nat-type,((( it say error 8013203.,.,

i think i already have that,.,. my dhcp is enabled and there's the ip my ps3 show on its settings.,.,but underneath it says: dns servers assigned by dhcp server,.,but its just zeros next to first and second dns,.,i got a question,.,if i by a ""gaming"" router,.,will it have the right settings so i dont have to F**k around with the settings like this,.,.cause im getting really sick of this sh*t,.. the money is no problem.,i just wanna play my F**king 600$ machine.,.,why does it have to be so hard,.,I HATE COMPUTERS!! its never just plug it in and enjoy.,there is always some sh*t you have to do to get it to work,.,.

hey i got nat.,.,but im not sure what i did right,.,i out in the dns numbers in the blank spaces i told you about earlier,.then i did the test.,i got nat type 2))) ,.,buit the wierd thing is i wanted to see if that was the problem so i blanked the spaces out again .,apply,.,test,..,but still nat 2..,.,).,.not that im complaining,.,.,but i also fiddeld around in the "static dhcp table" and the dhcp client list.,.,for som reason ive checked a box that says reserve.,whats that?.,.anyway i unchecked the box before i put in the dns numbers.,.,???.,.,sorry that im still nagging but i just wanna know how i fixed it in case it happens in the future,.,thanx for all your help so far.,.it been a real life-saver.,.,do you play Rainbow six vegas?

by the way i noticed a funny thing earlier.,.,in my setting on the ps3.,.,my secondarie dns number was the same number as my router number..,if that helps understanding what the problems was?.,.,its right now by the way.,.

wel,.,well,.,well,.,if i aint F**king glourios.,.,ive got nat type 2.,.,now i cant connect to games AT ALL!!!!!!

no wait,.,. sorry,., it worked the third time,.,.