This turns off all of your router's firewall features for that specific PC. If you don't care about security, enable DMZ (de-militarized zone) on your router for your PC's address. Some older routers degrade in performance over time until it is rebooted, similar to a PC.ĭisable any firewall or other network filtering for the game.Įnable uPnP (universal plug and play) on your router. Unplug your router for 10 minutes and plug it back in. Make sure your router's firmware is upgraded the latest version (very important). Here are some additional tips that have helped many players improve their connectivity: If you need assistance with opening these ports, please refer to the following website for more information (you will need to know your router brand and model, as the website guides are based on specific routers) The following ports are beneficial to have open for Online console gaming: Games for Windows Live) to detect which NAT type it is running behind, and can often report that the player has a moderate NAT when they actually have a strict NAT.Īnother problem is that sometimes the ISP (Internet Service Provider) is also NAT'd which often means even if you have a direct connection to the internet (without a router/firewall), the ISP still acts as a strict NAT.
The problem is even worse since it is sometimes difficult for software (i.e. Since most people don't have open NATs, the player with a strict NAT won't be able to find many joinable games.Īlso, if the player with a strict NAT does manage to join a game, if another player with a moderate NAT joins later, the player with the strict NAT gets kicked out. Strict NATs are a difficult problem with peer-to-peer games. Moderate can only connect to open and moderate. Open NATs can connect to any of the three types. Perform a connection test on each device connected to the network. We'd like to provide assistance with any Online-related issues with our connection troubleshooting guide:Ĭheck all the physical devices on your network to ensure they are plugged in and powered on. If anyone has any sensible suggestions let me know. You don't know what other unwanted baggage you can pick up doing that.
People are even resorting to downloading from torrent sites which can be risky even if you can checksum the files. Also be careful reading any forums there is a lot of missinformation about this problem out there. I've copied it below for anyone interested. The frustrating part is Rockstar refuse to acknowledge the problem and when you contact their tech support you receive a standard missleading reply. Steam servers are usually reliable so I expect their version is OK? You can purchase a lower cost CD version from Amazon but expect a lot of CD changes but it maybe a good alternative.
Clearly the Rockstar servers are being hammered at the moment and trying to download the game from them is extremely slow. I bought GTA V not from Steam but a direct Rockstar download version.