Some video games are randomly losing connection

[TripoV]

Hello, I have a fortigate 100 e physical firewall in my firm and when we play some games, we get dropped randomly, but consistently. Sometimes it takes one minute, sometimes 10, 15, but sooner or latter it happens.

Some games are fine - nothing happens, others display this behaviour consistently.

We are on a domain but the same happens with local users connected through the firewall. I am not sure what settings in the admin panel could interefere with this but help is appreciated.

[Jesuis160]

Hey there!

It sounds like the random disconnections you’re experiencing might be related to firewall or network settings that are affecting certain game traffic. To help avoid these kinds of interruptions, I would suggest checking your FortiGate settings for anything related to timeouts or network traffic shaping that might be causing this.

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[jasicarose75]

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@TripoV wrote:

Hello, I have a fortigate 100 e physical firewall in my firm and when we play some games, we get dropped randomly, but consistently. Sometimes it takes one minute, sometimes 10, 15, but sooner or latter it happens.

Some games are fine - nothing happens, others display this behaviour consistently.

We are on a domain but the same happens with local users connected through the firewall. I am not sure what settings in the admin panel could interefere with this but help is appreciated. Also try checking the QoS (Quality of Service) policies for games, as this can help improve connection stability. If all these settings are correct, but the problem persists, the problem may be with your network settings or specific protocols. While you are dealing with the technical aspects, you can also take a break and distract yourself by reading at https://casinosanalyzer.com/casino-games/scratch-cards about online games. This is a great way to relax a little after such problems. I hope your issue will be resolved quickly and everything will start working stably. If these settings are in order, try testing with other equipment or network connection to rule out possible problems with the provider or hardware itself.

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If I were you, I would check your firewall settings, especially the settings related to NAT, as well as the rules for controlled connections and sessions.

[hooram95]

This sounds like the firewall interfering with long-lived or high-frequency connections rather than a game issue. I’ve seen FortiGate drop sessions because of aggressive session timeouts, IPS, or application control misclassifying game traffic. I’d start by checking logs for session resets and temporarily disabling IPS/app control for testing to narrow down what’s causing the disconnects.