So I've had the same setup for over a year. 16000 forwarded, and I've played around 1,000 games with this setup. Past few days, I have been getting numerous FP's.

Help? Please be advised, I am really really really slow with technical terms and anything to do with fixing this sort of thing. Thanks.

hi
so whats changed recently? new op/system, isp, router/modem etc? any new apps installed? any update altered your pc firewall settings? has the private ip of your pc changed, assuming you have port 16000udp forwarded?
have you done a virus/trojan scan lately?

I wish I could pinpoint something that has changed but unfortunately there isn't anything. Just randomly started a couple of days ago. I wouldn't know how to check to see if my IP has changed from what it was. I don't see why it would have.

I think I've discovered the problem, my VPN is causing some issues, showing 'disconnected' when it is still actually connected. Computers r hard

hi
if you look at dhcp/step1 here it will show you how to find your private ip, which you need when forwarding:http://www.voobly.com/pages/view/134
why use a vpn?