Forward Ports on Your Router for The Jackbox Party Pack 2

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 is a Party/Minigame game published by Jackbox Games released in 2015.

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The Jackbox Party Pack 2 is a party game. This means that it is composed of multiple, smaller games that are easy to pick up and learn during a party. The game play is not that deep and the controls are intuitive and easy to understand, even for non-gamers. Don't expect much story line from The Jackbox Party Pack 2, but instead look forward to fast paced play with a focus on fun.

Forward Ports for The Jackbox Party Pack 2

When you are playing The Jackbox Party Pack 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 on occasion 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 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 usual process for forwarding a port is:

Ports To Forward for The Jackbox Party Pack 2

The connection ports for The Jackbox Party Pack 2 are as follows:

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - PC

  • TCP: 843, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 843, 38202-38203

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Steam

  • TCP: 843, 27015-27030, 27036-27037, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 843, 4380, 27000-27031, 27036, 38202-38203

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 843, 3478-3480, 5223, 8080, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 843, 3074, 3478-3479, 3658, 38202-38203

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 843, 1935, 3478-3480, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 843, 3074, 3478-3479, 38202-38203

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Switch

  • TCP: 843, 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900-29901, 29920, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 1-65535

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Xbox One

  • TCP: 843, 3074, 38202-38203
  • UDP: 88, 500, 843, 3074, 3544, 4500, 38202-38203

We have guides that are custom tailored for The Jackbox Party Pack 2 that will show you the incoming ports.

After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.

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