MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries is Microsoft Game Studios, Studio MekTek Inc.'s Simulation game with a release date in 2002.
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries has the following styles of play.
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Port Forward MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
When you are playing MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries 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.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.
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
Most people use our Network Utilities software package to forward ports. It's the fastest way to forward ports when you need them and then close them when you do not. You can also do it by hand.
The normal 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 matching boxes in your router.
- Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Which Ports Does MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries Require
The required incoming ports for MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries are as follows:
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries - PC
- TCP: 2300-2400, 47624, 27999, 28800-28809
- UDP: 2300-2400, 27999, 28800-28809
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries simply follow one of these links:
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.