How To Port Forward Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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

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.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Xbox 360
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Playstation 3
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Steam

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

• In a first person style game the main viewpoint is from the player looking forward. This can be either a first person shooter or a first person driving game.
• Shooter style games are usually a fast action style game that is based on testing the players reaction time. Most of the time the player has a weapon held out in front that is the primary means of targeting other players and enemies. Single player shooters usually have a short story mode based on finding ammo and guns, while multiplayer shooters tend to have some amount of player advancement over time. Halo and Call of Duty are popular shooters.
• Action games are fast paced and tend to put the player in the middle of the action, requiring you to jump over obstacles, climb ladders, and shoot things.

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

• The IP address of your router.
• Your gaming machine's IP address.
• A list of TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

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.

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:

• Start by logging in to your router.
• Locate your routers port forwarding section.
• Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the applicable box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
• Sometimes you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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