Forward Ports on Your Router for The King of Fighters XII

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

The King of Fighters XII is SNK Playmore, Ignition Entertainment's Fighting game with a release date in 2009.

Since The King of Fighters XII is a fighting style of game you can expect fast paced, side view, player vs. player fighting action. Like Moral Kombat, Tekken, or Dead or Alive, most fighting games are in an arena with 3d style graphics and really rely on the players reflexes.

Port Forward The King of Fighters XII

When you are playing The King of Fighters XII 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 frequently 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 locate 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 usual process for forwarding a port is:

Which Ports Does The King of Fighters XII Require

The specific incoming ports for The King of Fighters XII are as follows:

The King of Fighters XII - Playstation 3

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

The King of Fighters XII - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 3074

We have guides that are custom tailored for The King of Fighters XII that will show you the necessary ports.

That's all it takes to forward your ports. For more on how to port forward, check out our list of games and applications.

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