How to Port Forward Folklore

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

Folklore is Sony Computer Entertainment's Role-Playing and Action game with a release date in 2007.

Folklore 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 Folklore

When you are playing Folklore 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 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

A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. 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. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

Ports Required for Folklore

The ports that need to be forwarded for Folklore are as follows:

Folklore - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 5223
  • UDP: 5223, 3478, 3479, 3658

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

When you are done following those steps your ports will be forwarded. Be sure to check out our full list of games and programs that can be forwarded.

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