Open Ports on Your Router for XIIZEAL

XIIZEAL is a 2D, Arcade, Action, and Shoot-Em-Up game published by Komodo, TriangleService released in 2015.

When you play XIIZEAL you will experience the following styles of play.

• 2D games tend to be top down or side view and have flat or 3D looking objects that move around in a flat plane. Examples include Pacman and Super Mario Bros.
• Arcade games are short games that are made to be played for a short amount of time. Original arcade games were coin operated, but many arcade style games are PC and console.
• Action games are focused on physical challenges such as jumping over obstacles, climbing ladders, and shooting enemies. Reflexes play a large part in action game play.
• Shoot 'em up games are games where the player character engages in a lone assault, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. They are frequently top down but there also side scrolling styles out there. All shoot 'em up games require very fast reflexes.

When you are playing XIIZEAL 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 on occasion 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.
• Your gaming machine's IP address.
• A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.

The easiest way to click the links to get to 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 forward a port is to use our Network Utilities suite of tools. With our software you can quickly and easily turn your port forwards on and off for multiple programs at any time. Or just keep reading to learn how to do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

• Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
• 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 incoming ports that need to be forwarded for XIIZEAL are as follows:

XIIZEAL - Steam

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

XIIZEAL - Switch

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

XIIZEAL - Xbox 360

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 3074

We have guides that are custom tailored for XIIZEAL that will show you the exact ports.

• XIIZEAL - Steam
• XIIZEAL - Switch
• XIIZEAL - Xbox 360

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.