How to Forward Ports in Your Router for Unreal Tournament Server

When you use Unreal Tournament Server you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is used to allow incoming connection requests from the internet to Unreal Tournament Server.

Routers generally do not allow incoming connection requests from the internet. Forwarding ports can work around this limitation.

Before forwarding a port make sure that you know these things:

• The IP address of your router.
• Your computer's internal IP address.
• The list of the TCP and UDP ports that you need to forward.

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We have free Router Detector software to help you find your router's IP address. Our Router Detector tool is free to use and is part of our Network Utilities software.

You can also follow our Find Your Router IP Address article.

A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities lets you manage port forwards by putting them in when you need them and also removing the ones that you no longer need which maximized network security.

Another option is to go through the process of forwarding ports one step at a time. The normal process for forwarding a port is:

• Begin by logging in to your router.
• Look for the port forwarding section in your router.
• Type your computer's IP address into the correct box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for Unreal Tournament Server in the corresponding boxes in your router.

Usually you have to reboot your router in order to save the changes.

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for Unreal Tournament Server:

List of Routers - Customized for Unreal Tournament Server

The ports that need to be forwarded for Unreal Tournament Server are listed here:

Unreal Tournament Server - PC

• TCP:
• UDP: 7777-7779, 27900

That is the process required to forward ports in your router for Unreal Tournament Server.

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