Not able to play with friend when you're on the same WiFi

Hi @Gyrfried  and welcome to Answers HQ!

It's a classic network issue. Your local network or ISP simply have trouble sending the right traffic to the right computer. There are lots of possible solutions, the first one is:

Besides this solutions typically working are:

• Toggling or disabling then re-enabling uPnP in your router
• Disabling router firewall
• Setting up IP addresses manually instead of using DHCP
• Buying static IPs from ISP so each computer have it's own
• Calling the ISP and have them fix whatever issue they were having (typically if you are behind a NAT)
• Upgrading firmware on router/modem
• Buying a new and good router
• One computer using wired connection while the other using the wifi on the router
• Removing a switch from the network
• Have one player play using a VPN

There's also these steps that have worked for some:

1. Log into your modem / router
2. Turn OFF UPNP.
3. Turn off PC UPnP Service:
4. Press: Windows-button a window should pop up. Write: “services.msc” (without the “) then press enter.
5. In the list of services, scroll down to “UPnP Device Host”, click it and press “Stop service”. Now do the same thing but with the service “SSDP Discovery”.
6. Exit the window and go to control panel-> Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing Centre-> Change advanced sharing settings (to the left)-> Under “network discovery” select to turn off network discovery
7. Save your changes

(should either service already be stopped try starting them on both computers and not doing step 6)

Well the other 30+ online games ive played so far havent had similar issues. On the other hand Apex cant be played via the same network. Many "solutions" had been given, update your OS, Drivers, Router, Game, Client. Things like changing internet provider and stuff too. On the other hand random disconnects mid-game and while loading are a thing as well. There are "solutions" for them too. Dont use any overlayed apps, repair game, repair windows, mess with your firewall. This "solutions" are getting out of hand. Whats next? Kill a vampire ? Collect the infinity stones? EA and RESPAWN created a great game. Now please just fix those issues so we, the players, can invest in it.

No reason to get mad at me. I'm just trying to help.

I've seen this issue in plenty of games. An improper network setup, or a setup where the hardware for some reason is having issues, but works fine for plenty of other games until this single random game comes along that utilizes the network in just the right way to expose its flaws.

I agree that consumers should not have to mess with extra steps to get their games working but I think that predicates that their system is working correctly to begin with. There're no gaming system in existance that doesn't have something wrong with it, not mine, not yours, noone. That is PC gaming, sadly they don't teach people troubleshooting in school ^^

There is ofc. the chance that it's a game issue, but I think we would be seeing more threads on here about that if that was the issue. It's up to you if you want to try my suggestions for workarounds/fixes or not, if you insist on thinking it's a bug you can report it in the bug section on here.

@CarbonicIam not getting mad at you at all mate. For sure you are trying to help and you dont even have any reason to. I thank you for that. My point is that there have been issues with the game for more then a week now and EA havent spoken out about any of them. We trying to solve it as a community is great, but as you have said, we shoudnt have to go trough so much stuff to play the game. And iam pretty sure of those problems are for sure game related.