How to Port Forward Rainbow Six

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is Red Storm Entertainment's Shooter, Tactical, and First-Person game with a release date in 1998.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six includes the following genres of gameplay.

How to Port Forward Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

When you are playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 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 locate your router's IP Address

The easiest way to navigate to 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 forward a port is to use our Network Utilities suite of tools. With our software you can quickly and easily turn your port forwards on and off for multiple programs at any time. Or just keep reading to learn how to do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

Which Ports Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Require

The ports that need to be forwarded for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six are as follows:

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - PC

  • TCP: 2346
  • UDP: 2346

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six simply follow one of these links:

That's all it takes to get your ports open. Don't forget to check out our growing list of games and programs.

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