How to Port Forward PowerUp Forever

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

PowerUp Forever is Blitz Arcade's Shooter game released in 2008.

Since PowerUp Forever is a shooter you can expect fast paced action that challenges your reflexes while playing it. Shooter style games are almost always a very fast action style game that is based on testing the players reaction time. Most of the time the player has their weapon held out on screen that is the primary means of targeting other players and enemies. Single player shooters usually have a short story mode based on finding ammo and guns, while multiplayer shooters might have some amount of player advancement over time. Halo and Call of Duty are popular shooters.

Forward Ports for PowerUp Forever

When you are playing PowerUp Forever 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 locate your router's IP Address

The easiest way to click the links to get 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

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 general process for forwarding a port is:

Ports To Forward for PowerUp Forever

The connection ports that need to be forwarded for PowerUp Forever are as follows:

PowerUp Forever - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 3074

PowerUp Forever - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 5223
  • UDP: 5223, 3478, 3479, 3658

We have guides that are custom tailored for PowerUp Forever that will show you the ports that need to be forwarded.

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.

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