How To Open Ports in Your Router for Battleship (2012)

Battleship (2012) is a First-Person, Shooter, Turn-Based, and Strategy game published by Activision released in 2012.

Battleship (2012) has the following genres of gameplay.

In a first person style game the main viewpoint is from the player looking forward. This can be either a first person shooter or a first person driving game.
Shooter games are fast paced action games that are based on testing the players reaction time. They usually involve the player holding a weapon in front of them and attempting to shoot other players or characters. Some shooters are short lived arcade style, but most have both a single player mission series and some have a large multiplayer following. Common shooters include Call of Duty and Battlefield.
In most turn based games each player has a turn to play while the other can simply manage their options for when their turn comes around.
In a strategy game the player is required to use skillful thinking and a strong focus on planning ahead in order to achieve victory over their opponent. They can be either single player against bots or multiplayer against other players. They come in both turn-based and real-time versions, the former allowing each player a chance to complete their turn, the latter having a continuous running clock without stopping. Resource management and exploration are common themes in strategy games.

How to Port Forward Battleship (2012)

When you are playing Battleship (2012) 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:

The IP address of your 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 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

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 process for forwarding a port is usually:

Login to your router.
Locate your routers port forwarding section.
Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the appropriate 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.

Which Ports Does Battleship (2012) Require

The required ports that need to be forwarded for Battleship (2012) are as follows:

Battleship (2012) - Playstation 3

TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080

UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

Battleship (2012) - Wii

TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920

UDP: 1-65535

Battleship (2012) - Xbox 360

TCP: 3074

UDP: 88, 3074