How to Create a Port Forward in Your Router for Rocksmith 2014

Rocksmith 2014 is Ubisoft's Music and Simulation game with a release date in 2013.

Rocksmith 2014 has the following styles of play.

• In a music style of video game the gameplay focuses on playing musical instruments. Some music games like Rockband use instruments and microphones, while others like Rocksmith teach you how to play your own instrument with a special adapter cable. Other music style games employ trivia, memory, or focus on the experience of listening to the music.
• In a simulation game the primary goal is to simulate a real life situation either for education or entertainment. Simulation games have a huge vareity of types including sports, driving, flying, and dating. Some of the most popular sims of all time are SimCity and Madden NFL.

When you are playing Rocksmith 2014 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 frequently 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 network router.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• The TCP and UDP ports to forward.

The easiest way to locate 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.

The easiest way to do this is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities can forward your ports in just a few clicks, and close them back down when you are done just as easily. You can also do it the manual way.

The usual 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 appropriate box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
• Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The ports that need to be forwarded in your router for Rocksmith 2014 are as follows:

Rocksmith 2014 - Steam

• TCP: 27015, 27036
• UDP: 27015, 27031-27036

Rocksmith 2014 - Playstation 3

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

Rocksmith 2014 - Playstation 4

• TCP: 3478-3480
• UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

Rocksmith 2014 - Xbox 360

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 3074

Rocksmith 2014 - Xbox One

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

We have guides that are custom tailored for Rocksmith 2014 that will show you the incoming ports that need to be forwarded.

• Rocksmith 2014 - Steam
• Rocksmith 2014 - Playstation 3
• Rocksmith 2014 - Playstation 4
• Rocksmith 2014 - Xbox 360
• Rocksmith 2014 - Xbox One

That's all it takes to forward your ports. For more on how to port forward, check out our list of games and applications.