[cjw]

My update is I switched to the netgear orbivo. I use the free built in Circle for parental control. It doesn’t let me set time limits (that costs $5/mo) so my wife and I just flip the on/off switch manually to save yet-another random monthly fee.

[cjw]

I looked at the logs. I see the “nintendo-switch” in the little filter tree thingie. In the Visited section, it has 140 hits (mostly nintendo.net and nintendo.com but a few raw IP addresses). In the Blocked section, it shows nothing for nintendo-switch.

[cjw]

No, I did not check the boxes to block vpn or literal. I also tried a profile without any timed calendars. Basically no boxes checked except parental control itself…

[cjw]

I ran some more tests:
– When I disable Parental Control, the Nintendo Switch goes to NAT Type B (the second best rating)
– if I also set up a DMZ (in Port Forwarding, send all external UDP ports to switch’s IP address) then I get NAT Type A (the best rating)
– as soon as I enable Parental Control, I get NAT Type D (multiplayer doesn’t work at all) regardless how the above is configured.

None of the settings in the uPnP section make any difference. (I can disable or enable the whole uPnP section and it doesn’t change anything.)

So does Parental Control block something that would affect Nintendo NAT? Because I kind of want the Switch (mainly a kids device) to have basic parental controls included on it.

[cjw]

I checked for “double NAT” but confirmed that my wireless router’s public IP matches what I see at whatismyip.com – so I don’t think there is any other NAT happening at the cable modem or ISP.

[cjw]

After upgrading the firmware, I was able to enter port ranges. So I set it up to map all external ports to all internal ports on the Switch’s IP address.

HOWEVER, it still doesn’t work. The Switch complains that NAT Type is “D” and it can’t get anything through.

[cjw]

Hmm, I checked and my configuration is as follows:

Configuration:

[x] Enable NAT-PMP
[x] Enable UPnP
[x] Enable Secure Mode

Rules:

Allowed External Ports
[ 1-65535 ]

Allowed Internal Addresses
[ 192.168.0.0/24 ]

Allowed Internal Ports
[ 1-65535 ]

[cjw]

Port ranges don’t work. I enter the values as follows, and see an Invalid Port error message:

External Port
[ 1-65535 ]
Invalid port

Internal Port
[ 1-65535 ]
Invalid port

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