How to Forward Ports in Your Router for PlayStation 3 Remote Play

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September 19, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 1 minutes

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for PlayStation 3 Remote Play are:

PlayStation 3 Remote Play - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 9293
  • UDP: 9293

Forwarding Ports for PlayStation 3 Remote Play

You may need to forward ports in your router when you use PlayStation 3 Remote Play. Forwarding ports is used to allow incoming connection requests from the internet to PlayStation 3 Remote Play.

By default routers do not allow incoming network requests. By forwarding a port you can overcome this limitation.

Before You Forward a Port

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

How to Locate Your Router's IP Address

To find your router's IP address the easy way you can use our free Router Detector software. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

We have a guide you can follow Find Your Router IP Address if you don't want to run the software.

How To Forward Ports for PlayStation 3 Remote Play

We have Network Utilities software that can forward ports for you. 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.

You can also choose to set up port forwards manually. The way to forward a port is:

You probably will need to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for PlayStation 3 Remote Play:

List of Routers - Customized for PlayStation 3 Remote Play

That is the process required to forward ports in your router for PlayStation 3 Remote Play.

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