How to Port Forward Prey (2017)

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

Prey (2017) is Bethesda Softworks's First Person Shooter game released in 2017.

Prey (2017) offers the following styles of gameplay.

Forward Ports for Prey (2017)

When you are playing Prey (2017) 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 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 easiest 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 usual process for forwarding a port is:

Ports Required for Prey (2017)

The ports that need to be forwarded for Prey (2017) are as follows:

Prey (2017) - Steam

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

Prey (2017) - Playstation 4

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

Prey (2017) - Xbox One

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Prey (2017) that will show you the specific incoming ports.

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