Free Port Forwarding Guides & PFConfig: Forward Your Ports Automatically
Port Forwarding Battlefield 1942 on the Shiro Corp DSL805E
Port 14567 UDP is the only port you have to forward for Battlefield 1942. If you want to have your server
listed on gamespy, you might also need to forward the following ports.
Allow TCP and UDP Ports 12203
Allow UDP Port 14690
Allow UDP Ports: 23000-23009
Allow UDP 22000 (This is only for LAN)
# GameSpy Master Server UDP Heartbeat: Allow UDP Port 27900
# GameSpy Master Server List Request: Allow TCP Port 28900
It's also important to note that EA suggests DMZing your computer for Battlefield 1942.
Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.
If you do not know your routers internal IP address please read our How To Find Your Routers IP Address guide.
In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your router.
By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.1.1.
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
By default both the username and password are admin. Click the Ok button to log in to your router.
Please visit our Default Router Passwords page if the username and password shown above do not work for you.
Click the Application link near the left of the page.
You should now see a new menu. In this new menu, click Port Forwarding.
Put a dot into the User radio button.
Click the New button near the bottom of the page.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. Battlefield 1942 requires you to forward the 14567,14690,23000-23009 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Rule Management menu and then click Submit.
| Rule Name: | |
| Protocol: | |
| Port Start: | Port End: |
| Port Map: |
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Rule Management page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Submit.
| Rule Name: | |
| Protocol: | |
| Port Start: | Port End: |
| Port Map: |
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Rule Management page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Submit.
| Rule Name: | |
| Protocol: | |
| Port Start: | Port End: |
| Port Map: |
Select the applications you just created in the Available Rules list, then click the Add > button to move them to the Applied Rules box.
When you are finished, click the Submit button.
When you're finished, click Save Settings near the left of the screen to save your changes.
And that's it! You're done!
To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Port Checker tool.
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