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Will do. Recently it's just the two that I posted, but if there's another one that pops up, I'll let you know.

So I did figure out yesterday that when I deny them, it get the "waiting for relay" message, & the network info in-game shows that the Relay is disconnected. I'm guessing that's a pretty good sign that they're just relay servers that need to be whitelisted, because as soon as I removed them from the list as denied, I alt+tabbed back to COD & the relay was showing connected. Not sure if that narrow it down, just thought it was something worth mentioning.

Clicking allow on them made the problem happen more often, so I deleted them from the list & they're neither blocked or allowed, although the error was less frequent when they were blocked, like I had originally done.

I've been trying to, but a lot of the time it only shows for a couple seconds & I'm not able to, so I just hit my screenshot button that takes a snapshot of that specific moment before it disappears, then crop it to just show the needed info. I can just type the info into the posts after getting the screenshots instead of sending the screenshots, though. I'll start doing that if it helps on your end!

Here's one that doesn't even have a domain name, just a period where a domain should be. Still has a Host Type & ID, though. It's popped up multiple times today, this was just the only time I could get a screenshot in time.

Here's another one that's doing the same thing; the IP address before the domain name is just one number off of the other one, & the ID is the same other than the 7 & 2 being a 6 & 1 in the initial one:

That is the only one that I've been seeing today, but I'll post any other IDs that show up doing the same thing. Do you know how long it takes to get them updated? Just curious when the one I posted might get updated so I can see if that server update has helped or not?

Here's a video I just took, I wasn't sure if my explanation in the last post was very clear. Not sure if the video will work, but I can email it to you if it doesn't. IMG_3918.MOV

Here is another screenshot that I just took. The peer symbol will go from small to big, then the auto ping pulls up this info for about 5-10 seconds & drop, then repeatedly does the same thing. The peer symbol looks like it's pulsing when it drops, goes small, then becomes the larger version again. It's always the same ping info as far as the Host Type/ID/Domain Name, that part never changes.

Here is a screenshot of the domain name, id, etc., & it's been this one every time. It's close to where I am here in Utah & says it's a Peer, so I've been assuming that it's my own info, because it always shows that it's trying to connect to my party, even though it's just me playing solo matches. That would make sense if it's an authentication server that hasn't been whitelisted yet, it's always popping up on the map, even when I'm on a Dallas or SF server. It will show the server location, & the peer symbol where it's at in the image, so I figured that was just showing both ends of the connection, & the peer symbol was meant to show my location. The ID is the same every time, I wrote it down when this started happening more, so that I could check & see if they matched. The last two portions of the IP address before the Domain Name have changed a few times, but everything else is identical. The only Blocked Server symbols I ever see are in Oklahoma & a few other on the Eastern side of the country, like NY, Detroit, & somewhere around Florida/Georgia, I don't remember the exact location. Those only show up when I have the game loaded up, but I'm not searching for matches, though, they've never shown up during a search for a match. Thanks

It does. I've been playing with friends that are the hosts, so I've been turning off filtering mode lately anyway. I'll keep you updated if anything changes.

It happens in both scenarios, it's just more noticeable when I just finished a match. Happened on my first two attempts to find matches this morning, actually.

hackers, not jackets

Yeah, that's why I switched to polygon mode. LA servers are fast, but lots of jackets, so I got rid of that box. I did start with the circle covering the west l entire West coast to start with, though, & it did the same thing.

The part taken out of Utah is where I'm located, so it doesn't show up, but I still get SLC servers.

Maybe I spoke too soon, it happened the very next search. I'm having to back all the out & select multiplayer each time, now.

I tried all the suggested options, & even have my xr1000 in the DMZ of the primary router, but it still happens. In fact, it literally just happened about 2 minutes ago, here are picture of what's happening. After adding more approved servers to my list, it doesn't happen half the time like it did before, but maybe 20% of the time, & almost always after a match finishes & it's searching for a new one.

I did this, but now instead of trying to connect to my party, it tries to connect to random players on my Activision friends list that haven't played COD since BO3 lol. I built up my allowed list, & was able to draw a line between my location, & the SLC server location, so it's not in my set zones using strict mode. I can't figure out what the deal is for the life of me, but the changes I made have helped a ton - I've only had it happen 2 times in 8 hours of playing, which is something I can easily deal with. I appreciate all of your help, Fraser! Hope you have a great weekend! Never forget, 👐 Wu Tang is for the Children 👐

Would that not make everything connected to the XR1000 vulnerable? I've always put consoles in the DMZ, because there's no personal information or anything sensitive on them, but if that means my PC, laptop, iPhone, etc. are connected through the DMZ, isn't that a pretty big security risk? Things may have changed since I was on console a few years ago, but I was always told not to put a PC in the DMZ because it bypasses the firewall, allowing easy access to everything on it (which was never an issue with console, as they never had anything of value on them). Will the XR1000 firewall still work if it's in the primary router's DMZ? Just want to make sure before trying it out, better safe than sorry. Also, the reboot through the interface won't cause me to need to set everything up again like it does after a factory reset, will it? Because after going through that process 5+ times in 3 weeks, doing it again would fry my brain! 😄

Yeah, just a pure modem with no WiFi. I'll get the Deco login info & try that out as soon as I can get it. Thanks!

I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this without using a drawing program. It's pretty simple: Fiber Modem -> Deco Router(upstairs) -> Deco Mesh unit(downstairs) -> ethernet line to XR1000 router -> ethernet line to PC. Does that work?

I appreciate the quick response, thank you Fraser! When I've allowed myself, I would only get the "can't join party" notification & it wouldn't search for servers, basically making a redundant circle, so I ended up just taking myself off of the list altogether, & just dealing with it. Once I built up my allowed list up to 10+ servers, it was happening less, but still happening. It's just odd because connecting directly to the Mesh pod, I never have the issue, so I'm just trying to figure out what settings I might need to change on the DumaOS to prevent it. I turned on IPV6, & it did drop the ping to my usual allowed servers by 3-5ms, but that's all, still getting the error half the time. I may have to get the login info for the primary router connection upstairs & see if I need to put the mesh portals into AP mode, or see if that router has any obvious settings that might be causing it. I rent a basement apartment, & the owner upstairs would have no problem with me looking at his router settings that are pre-mesh, but I think that router is just the main Deco box, & the mesh portal downstairs is just an extension of the main router. He got rid of the old netgear router he had when we got the new internet setup. Are there any settings on the xr1000 that I might be able to adjust? I obviously considered having the XR1000 be the primary router, but that setup doesn't work with the Deco mesh pods, & gaming on WiFi instead of a wired connection just doesn't work. Most of the time now, it will do the initial 11 ping search, 26 ping search, & 39 ping search, then it simply throws me onto one of the servers in my polygons & I just have to wait for the lobby to populate. I did a factory reset the other day, so I think I'll just have to build up my "allowed" list back up to 10-15 servers, as it happened less frequently when my allowed list was pretty long. I wasn't having the issue with my XR300, but that router came with a load of other issues due to how old it is & that model no longer getting updates. If you do think of any DumaOS settings I can try out, I'd be very grateful, but if you can't, I'll just continue building the allowed list, since it happens less often the longer the allowed servers list becomes.

I'm connecting through an ethernet cable connected to a Deco mesh system, as the main router is upstairs & running a 100ft ethernet cable is no longer a possibility. I've always had the ping map show myself on the map as a peer symbol, but recently on Black Ops 6, I've been getting an error notification that basically says I can't join the party, even though I'm searching for a match. When I check whose party it's trying to join, it's me & my own network. So basically, as it searches for games, it has been seeing my own network as a party to join. I've manually denied it multiple times, hoping that would stop the issue, but it still happens, & both auto-ping & manual show that it's the connection I've denied, because I obviously named it before denying it. I'm using a static IP for my PC & for the xr1000, & I've tried letting the ISP select the DNS server, used the 1.1.1.1 Cloudfare DNS, the 8.8.8.8 Google DNS servers, but the error persists. I have gone through the process of factory resetting the xr1000 & going through the entire setup process at least 5 times, but it continues to happen. I am able to get into lobbies, but about 50% of the time that I'm searching for matches, I get the error instead, & it starts the searching process all over, so I'm only actually playing the game about half the time that I should be, due to the "can't connect to party" error. Is there anything that I can do to prevent this from happening? I've tried getting the IP addresses dynamically through the ISP option with no success, as well as creating static IPs for the network & PC, turning on IPV6 & having that setup properly, but nothing seems to work. I just want to be able to play matches normally, & not wasting half of the searches for a match, because it results in this error. It doesn't happen when I connect the PC directly to the Mesh device, but then I lose the Geo-Filter & all DumaOS capabilities, which is why I got the router to begin with. I even submitted a report a few days ago, by hitting report instead of allow or deny, but haven't heard back & don't want it to block my outgoing searches for matches. As you can see in the images, I've denied my network & named it ME (at the bottom of the allow/deny list), but I keep on showing up as the peer symbol instead of a blocked peer, which leads to the issue continuing.