How to Port Forward Dead Rising 2

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

Dead Rising 2 is a Survival and Beat-Em-Up game published by Capcom released in 2010.

Dead Rising 2 has the following styles of gameplay.

How to Port Forward Dead Rising 2

When you are playing Dead Rising 2 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 click the links to get to 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

The fastest way to do this is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities can forward your ports in just a few clicks, and close them back down when you are done just as easily. You can also do it the manual way.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

Which Ports Does Dead Rising 2 Require

The specific incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Dead Rising 2 are as follows:

Dead Rising 2 - PC

  • TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
  • UDP: 4380, 27000-27031, 27036

Dead Rising 2 - Playstation 3

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

Dead Rising 2 - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 3074

Dead Rising 2 - Xbox One

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

Dead Rising 2 - Playstation 4

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Dead Rising 2 that will show you the ports that need to be forwarded.

When you are done following those steps your ports will be open. Do you need more games or programs forwarded? Check out our games and programs list.

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