How to Open a Port in Your Router for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is Ubisoft's Shooter, Tactical, First-Person, and Action game released in 2015.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege has the following styles of play.

• In a shooter the player must have a very fast reaction time. Usually there is a weapon held out in front of the player that is used to target other players or enemies. They can be either single player or multiplayer. The single player versions usually have a short storyline with minor RPG elements. Call of Duty and Battlefield are some very popular examples.
• Tactical games are a subgenre of strategy games that focus more on operational warfare, military style tactics, and troop placement. They focus more on logistics and production than on combat, and can at times feature complex battlefield tactics.
• 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.
• Action games are usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and

When you are playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege 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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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 that need to be forwarded.

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.

Most people use our Network Utilities software package to forward ports. It's the easiest way to forward ports when you need them and then close them when you do not. You can also do it by hand.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

• Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
• 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 matching boxes in your router.
• Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The ports for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege are as follows:

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - PC

• TCP: 13000, 13005, 13200, 14000-14001, 14008, 14020-14024
• UDP: 3074, 6015, 10000-10099

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Steam

• TCP: 13000, 13005, 13200, 14000-14001, 14008, 14020-14024, 27015, 27036
• UDP: 3074, 6015, 10000-10099, 27015, 27031-27036

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Playstation 4

• TCP: 3478-3480
• UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658, 6115, 10000-10099

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Xbox One

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500, 6150, 10000-10099

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Playstation 5

• TCP: 3478-3480
• UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658, 6115, 10000-10099

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Xbox Series X

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500, 6150, 10000-10099

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege simply follow one of these links:

• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - PC
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Steam
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Playstation 4
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Xbox One
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Playstation 5
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Xbox Series X

That should do it; your ports are now forwarded. Need something else forwarded? Check out our list of games and programs.