Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is Ubisoft's Action, Adventure, Stealth, and Third-Person game released in 2013.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist has the following styles of play.

• Action games are usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and
• An adventure game is where the player is usually the protagonist and plays through an evolving story. The storyline is the driving part of an adventure game.
• In a stealth style game you use hiding, disguises, muffled clothing, and shadows to overcome antagonists. Sometimes in a stealth style of game you get the choice of taking the quiet approach or the direct approach of attacking the enemy. Stealth games frequently feature a strong strategy component as well.
• In a third person game you typically run around looking over the shoulder of the main character. They are frequently shooters like Gears of War or platformers like Tomb Raider or Assassins Creed.

When you are playing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist 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 intermittently 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.

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Have you considered using a VPN instead of forwarding a port? For most users, a VPN is a much simpler and more secure choice than forwarding a port.

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

• The IP address of your router.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• The 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.

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the fastest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

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

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The incoming ports for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist are as follows:

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - PC

• TCP:
• UDP: 3658, 13000-13032

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Xbox 360

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 3074

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Playstation 3

• TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
• UDP: 1300, 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

We have guides that are custom tailored for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist that will show you the specific incoming ports.

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - PC
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Xbox 360
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Playstation 3

When you are done following those steps your ports will be open. Do you need more games or programs forwarded? Check out our games and programs list.