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Bedzzz4Less
4 years ago

Trouble Connecting to BF4 Servers While on the Same Network

Hi folks,

Apologies for bringing this up again, but it looks like there hasn't been a concrete, successful way to solve this issue.

The last few days I've been going back and forth with EA Support in trying to figure out how my wife and I can play Battlefield 4 on the same network together. From the research I've done in other forum posts, it looks like it's an issue with BF4 not allowing players who are on the same IP to connect to the same session. Seeing as we're on the same network, it's the crux of the issue that I'm having.

I've forwarded every port that EA's troubleshooting documentation has recommended, and I've been told that the game isn't platform cross-compatible (I play on the PS5, my wife plays on the PS4), but we've had success playing together in the past, and she's currently in a game with a mutual friend of ours who owns a PS5 as well. The ultimate frustration is that sometimes we can connect and play together, and sometimes we can't connect and play together. There's no consistency with whether we can play together or not, besides the "cannot connect to server" error message that pops up when we try to join on the same server together.

I feel like I've tried every workaround and every possible way to get us to play together (short of getting a static IP), and I feel like I'm at the end of my rope. We even tried connecting a separate, second router to get a different enough IP address to work, and it worked twice, and now that we're connecting to more populated servers, it's once again not allowing us to play.

ISP: Centurylink with Centurylink modem and router
Both have wired LAN connections to the router
Consoles: PS5 and PS4
We usually play in the evenings together, and we play on the same network.
We have 30 up and 5 down internet speeds
My IP address 192.168.0.7
Wife's IP address 192.168.0.20

One support person has told me that it's a networking glitch that EA is working on, but with 2042 so close to release, I doubt that a fix will actually be put out in time for players on the same networks to play together.

Anyone have any solutions or recommendations? I'm sure I missed some points here that can help with some fixes.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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  • CyberDyme's avatar
    CyberDyme
    4 years ago
    @Bedzzz4Less wrote:

    Hi @CyberDyme 
    I appreciate your longform response. I should have added in the original post that my wife and I are both on wired internet connections to the routers. 
    ...
    I didn't know about the server bug that was happening. If that's the case, then maybe, yeah, we're going to have to just find different servers to play, because what you described is exactly what happens. It says "joining server", but just kicks us out. I've restarted the game before, but it doesn't seem to solve the connection issue, so I'm not sure what that means, either.
    ...
    Thanks,

    Bedz

    Hi again @Bedzzz4Less ,

    If the issue is all related to that recent introduced server bug, then there is nothing that you can do yourself on the client side.  No router changes, no reserved IP addresses, no resets on your own gear will alleviate that.  As its all due to the server side bug, where the server is not releasing the player names as it should, when they leave the game.  And your soldier remains stuck in the data buffer.

    Hence my suggestion for you both to try and log on at same time to my Metro server.  As then I can check also on server side for you what might be going on, if you still have an issue.  Please notice that it is based on Europe, so you will need to include that region when you search for it in the server browser.  Let me know what you prefer, as happy to help you out!

  • CyberDyme's avatar
    CyberDyme
    4 years ago
    @Bedzzz4Less wrote:
    @CyberDymeDo you have any advice as to how to reserve my PS5's MAC address as an IP? I can't seem to find any tutorial for it.

    Hi @Bedzzz4Less ,

    On your PS5, you goto:  Settings/Network/Connection Status/View Connection Status.

    There you get the full info screen on your PS5 connections, here in red circle you see the PS5 MAC address.  Scroll a bit further down and it will also show your current assigned IP number...  Take a note of these, as you might want to use this when you go back to your router to reserve the IP address for that MAC ID.

    Next you now want to force a fixed IP on your PS5, so back out and instead goto:
    Network/Network Settings/Set up Internet Connection.

    Click on the name of your current network from the found list of networks.

    Then choose "Advanced Settings".

    In here you now change from Automatic to Manual setting:

    On the next screen for the "IPv4 Address" data field, you now make sure that you pick an IP address that is acceptable on your local LAN and is to match what you set it to be also on your local Router.  Typically on the Router, you can see the various devices you have on your LAN and their related MAC ID's.  Find your PS5 on the list and there you then on your Router now assign same fixed IP as you did also on your PS5.

    Now reboot both and you should be good to go!  👍

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