How to Port Forward Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition in Your Router

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

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition is Konami's Action, Adventure, and Stealth game with a release date in 2011.

When you play Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition you will experience the following styles of play.

How to Port Forward Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition

When you are playing Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition 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:

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

Most people use our Network Utilities software package to forward ports. It's the easiest way to forward ports when you need them and then close them when you do not. You can also do it by hand.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

Which Ports Does Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition Require

The exact ports for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition are as follows:

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 3074

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition 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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