How To Port Forward Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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July 18, 2017 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 3 minutes

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is Activision's First-Person, Shooter, and Action game released in 2012.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II game cover artwork
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Which Ports Does Call of Duty: Black Ops II Require

The ports that need to be forwarded in your router that need to be forwarded for Call of Duty: Black Ops II are as follows:

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 3074-3075

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658, 5223

Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Steam

  • TCP: 3074, 27014-27050
  • UDP: 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27036

We have guides that are custom tailored for Call of Duty: Black Ops II that will show you the incoming connection ports.

When you play Call of Duty: Black Ops II you will encounter the following styles of play.

How to Port Forward Call of Duty: Black Ops II

When you are playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to click the links to get to your router's IP Address

The easiest way to find your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

To easily and quickly get your ports forwarded use the Network Utilities software. Network Utilities allows you to forward ports only when you need them, and then close them again when you are done. This makes keeping your network more secure much easier. You can also do it by hand.

The usual process for forwarding a port is:

After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.

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