Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge is Electronic Arts's Real-Time and Strategy game released in 2009.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge includes the following styles of play.
- Real time strategy games do not have turns, but instead have both players competing at the same time. They typically involve a mostly top down view and involve troop and building creation as well as resource management such as mining and logging. Popular examples are Warcraft and StarCraft.
- Strategy games tend to focus on planning and skillful thinking in order to beat either real players or bots. They can be either real-time in which the play clock ticks continuously or turn-based where each player has a dedicated turn to finish their action. It is not uncommon to include exploration and resource management.
How to Port Forward Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge
When you are playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge 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 intermittently 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 network router.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- The TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.
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
The easiest 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 usual process for forwarding a port is:
- Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
- Find 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.
- Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Which Ports Does Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge Require
The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge are as follows:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge - Xbox 360
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 3074
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge - Playstation 3
- TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge simply follow one of these links:
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge - Xbox 360
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Commander's Challenge - Playstation 3
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