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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.

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.
 

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!
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It's absolutely fine to do so, you're just applying the DMZ to the XR1000 and then the XR firewall will protect all the devices connected to it. You are absolutely right in that you shouldn't put your PC in the DMZ. No a reboot through the interface will keep all your settings intact.