Port Forwarding on Your Router for SingStar: Guitar

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

SingStar: Guitar is Sony Computer Entertainment's Music game with a release date in 2010.

SingStar: Guitar is a music style video game. In a music style of video game the gameplay focuses on playing musical instruments. Some music games like Rockband use instruments and microphones, while others like Rocksmith teach you how to play your own instrument with a special adapter cable. Other music style games employ trivia, memory, or focus on the experience of listening to the music.

How to Port Forward SingStar: Guitar

When you are playing SingStar: Guitar 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 find 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

An easy way to do this is use our Network Utilities software. It can open your ports with just a few clicks. Then when you are done you can just was quickly close your ports again. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

Which Ports Does SingStar: Guitar Require

The necessary ports for SingStar: Guitar are as follows:

SingStar: Guitar - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and SingStar: Guitar simply follow one of these links:

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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