Anthem is an Action, Role-Playing, Third-Person, and Shooter game published by Electronic Arts released in 2019.
Anthem offers the following styles of gameplay.
- Games that are considered action are all about centering the player in the middle of an evolving situation.
- In a role playing game, or RPG, the player takes on the role of the main character and helps the story line to unfold. It usually involves a very long play time, inventory management, and a deep leveling system. RPG's are usually the longest style of game. Skyrim and Fallout are amongst the most popular RPG style games.
Forward Ports for Anthem
When you are playing Anthem 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 on occasion 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:
- Your router's IP address.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.
How to find 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
Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the easiest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.
The normal process for forwarding a port is:
- Start by logging in to your router.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the proper box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
- On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Ports Required for Anthem
The ports that need to be forwarded in your router for Anthem are as follows:
Anthem - PC
- TCP: 8080
- UDP: 3659, 21000-26000
Anthem - Playstation 4
- TCP: 1935, 3478-3480, 8080
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3659, 21000-26000
Anthem - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074, 8080
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 3659, 4500, 21000-26000
We have guides that are custom tailored for Anthem that will show you the required ports that need to be forwarded.
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