Open Ports on Your Router for My Pokémon Ranch

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September 24, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

My Pokémon Ranch is a Simulation game published by The Pokémon Company released in 2008.

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My Pokémon Ranch logo

Ports To Forward for My Pokémon Ranch

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for My Pokémon Ranch are as follows:

My Pokémon Ranch - Wii

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for My Pokémon Ranch that will show you the incoming ports.

My Pokémon Ranch is a simulation game. In a simulation game the main goal is to simulate a real life situation either for entertainment or education. There are many different types of simulation games such as flying, sports, driving, and farming. One of the earliest simulation games was SimCity which is considered a social simulation game.

How to Port Forward My Pokémon Ranch

When you are playing My Pokémon Ranch 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 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

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:

After that you're done - your ports should be open. Wait, there's more... Check out our growing list of games and applications.

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