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How Do You Troubleshoot Online Play With Friends On A Original Switch? ugh

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Accepted solution by Gabe Becker — ok so in teh connection settings for your network, you can try changing the MTU value to 1500 in Change Settings MTU . It fixes some…
  1. Gabe Varga
    @gvarga

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my original Switch used to connect to online play with friends fine. now:

    Can't connect to the server.

    Can't connect to the server.
The server may be busy, or your network connection
may have been lost. Try again later.
Connection test:  Internet  Failed

    Nothing chanegd on my side as far as i know, except maybe a ruoter update. Im on home Wi-Fi. Where do people usually start?

    im happy to try settings changes and report back.. :D i just wanna be able to play online again without restarting everything every time.

    Game night is in two days, and i really dont want to be teh one who cant join ;) Any ideas are welcome, even basic ones. any ideas??

    facepalm

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  2. Maya Novak
    @mayan143

    run System Settings > Internet > Test Connection and check the NAT type :) NAT type A or B is usually fine for most games. C, D or F can cause exactly this.

    0 2 helpful
  3. Joon
    @vectornomad

    @polar_otter thank u this worked!! u guys are the best!!!

    2 1 helpful
  4. Joon
    @vectornomad

    ahh classic check teh official network status page for maintenance or outages. if a service is down, the console shows a generic error that looks like a local problem.

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  6. Gabe Becker
    @gbecker

    oof on hotspots and shared networks, connection problems are common, if you can, test on a home network to check that teh console itself is fine.

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  9. Oskar Schmidt
    @oskar.schmidt

    yeahhh restart teh router and console fully: turn the console off with Power Options > Turn Off, not sleep, then turn it back on. good luck man!

    3 6 helpful
  10. Lina G.
    @polar_otter

    help!! my laptop is officially haunted pls help 🙏

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  11. Joon
    @vectornomad

    hmmm enable UPnP on teh router if its off, it lets the console open the ports it needs and often improves the NAT type.

    thumbsup

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  14. Joon
    @vectornomad

    bump. still happening with online for me. @vectornomad did u ever fix it? good luck man!

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  15. Lina G.
    @polar_otter

    make a backup before u touch teh firmware, learned that teh hard way

    3 2 helpful
  16. Gabe Becker
    @gbecker
    in reply to @polar_otter Accepted solution

    ok so in teh connection settings for your network, you can try changing the MTU value to 1500 in Change Settings > MTU. It fixes some connection issues with certain routers.

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  18. Malik Haddad
    @malikh405

    wait what id avoid putting the console in the routers DMZ unless you really know what ure doing. UPnP is safer. just my 2 cents

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  19. Gabe Varga
    @gvarga
    in reply to @gbecker

    @gbecker Enabled UPnP on teh router and my NAT is B now. Now online play with friends works on my original Switch. Thanks!

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