Forward Ports on Your Router for Worms: A Space Oddity

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September 19, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Worms: A Space Oddity is THQ's Turn-Based and Strategy game released in 2008.

Worms: A Space Oddity includes the following styles of play.

Forward Ports for Worms: A Space Oddity

When you are playing Worms: A Space Oddity 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.

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 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.

How To Forward Ports

Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

Ports Required for Worms: A Space Oddity

The incoming connection ports for Worms: A Space Oddity are as follows:

Worms: A Space Oddity - Wii

  • TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
  • UDP: 1-65535

We have guides that are custom tailored for Worms: A Space Oddity that will show you the exact ports.

After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.

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