Forward Ports on Your Router for BattleTech

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January 16, 2019 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

BattleTech is Paradox Interactive's Turn-Based and Strategy game released in 2018.

BattleTech includes the following genres of gameplay.

Port Forward BattleTech

When you are playing BattleTech 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 sometimes 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.

Before You Forward a Port

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

How to locate your Router's IP Address

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.

How To Forward Ports

A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. Since Network Utilities allows you to both forward and un-forward ports easily you can keep your network security maximized, and then forward ports only when you need them. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

Ports Required for BattleTech

The necessary ports for BattleTech are as follows:

BattleTech - PC

  • We do not know the PC ports for BattleTech yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

BattleTech - Steam

  • TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
  • UDP: 4380, 27000-27031, 27036

We have guides that are custom tailored for BattleTech that will show you the connection ports.

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.

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