Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for VVVVVV

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September 24, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

VVVVVV is a 2D, Action, and Platformer game published by Terry Cavanagh, Nicalis released in 2010.

VVVVVV offers the following styles of play.

Port Forward VVVVVV

When you are playing VVVVVV 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 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:

Ports Required for VVVVVV

The specific incoming ports for VVVVVV are as follows:

VVVVVV - PC

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

VVVVVV - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

VVVVVV - Switch

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for VVVVVV that will show you the ports that need to be forwarded in your router.

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want more? Check out our growing list of games and applications.

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