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Home Internet Gaming
I have had Home Internet for about a year and I have been able to use it for both work and gaming. However, within the last few weeks, I received a “internet required to connect to servers” error whe...
Unfortunately, you can't do Network Address Translation (NAT) on a T-Mobile gateway. There is a workaround on YouTube with Nater Tater, but trust me, it isn't for the faint-of-heart.
A NAT is a hole in the firewall of the gateway or router that allows an external service or machine to connect back to a machine on your network. Port 80 is usually open by default since almost all Internet traffic travels on port 80.
Unfortunately, T-Mobile, for their own particular reasons, does not allow users to NAT addresses, and that’s what Sony is asking you to do. Take a look at Nater Tater on YouTube or this video on how to add an external router so that you can possibly figure out a workaround for your problem.
