How to Port Forward Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel in Your Router

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is 2K Games's First-Person, Shooter, Action, and Role-Playing game with a release date in 2014.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel offers the following styles of play.

First person games are played from the perspective of the player. They typically have a gun or other weapon held out in front, but this is not always the case. Many first person games are sometimes called "shooters" because the primary goal of the game is to shoot other players or creatures, but this is not always the case.
In a shooter the player must have a very fast reaction time. Usually there i a weapon held out in front of the player that is used to target other players or enemies. They can be either single player or multiplayer. The single player versions usually have a short storyline with minor RPG elements. Call of Duty and Battlefield are some very popular examples.
Action games are usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and
Role-Playing Games give you hours on end of game play where you can explore a new world through the eyes of your own character. They tend to be the longest style of game with the most immersive story lines. Popular RPG titles include Skyrim, World of Warcraft, and Fallout.

How to Port Forward Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

When you are playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 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:

The IP address of your network router.
The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.

How to locate 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 fastest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

Login to your router.
Find your routers port forwarding section.
Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the correct box in your router.
Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

Ports To Forward for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

The exact ports for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel are as follows:

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Xbox 360

TCP: 3074

UDP: 88, 3074

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Playstation 3

TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080

UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Steam

TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037

UDP: 4380, 27000-27031, 27036