Xbox Port Forwarding Numbers Help For Router.

Hi there! This is Ronnie, your fellow Xbox gamer.

Nice to meet you and I hope you are having a great day!

I understand you need help opening your ports.

Let me give you the needed ports for you to open:

Port 88 (UDP)

Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)

Port 53 (UDP and TCP)

Port 80 (TCP)

Port 500 (UDP)

Port 3544 (UDP)

Port 4500 (UDP)

If you feel you can change it yourself, you can follow the instructions here too:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-ne...

so if i use udp i’ll put 88 in all the boxes for both internal and external? both for start and end?

Hi,

The above reference only applies to Xbox One and Series X|S consoles. So if you’re trying this on an Xbox 360, which requires a few ports to be open that are different for this particular console, then refer to the info here:

Xbox 360 network ports and router configurations for Xbox Live | Xbox Support

I see that your ISP is BT and you have the Smart Hub 2 router, so read through the relevant steps under ‘BT Smart Hub and Ultrafast Smart Hub’ in this guide:

How do I set up port forwarding on my BT Hub? | BT Help

This may also help for your specific router model:

https://portforward.com/bt/smart-hub-2/

If you experience any issues with matchmaking/connecting to online servers and/or receive a NAT type error, try the troubleshooting steps here:

Troubleshoot NAT errors and multiplayer game issues | Xbox Support

Port 3074 is the most important one. This should enable you to have an Open NAT type if/when this is open, but there’s multiple other network settings (privacy and safety/security - parental controls, MAC address filtering, etc) that can affect your ability to connect and should be considered as a possible factor.

Keep in mind that it’s often necessary for additional/other ports to be open for certain games. For example, Black Ops 3 requires port 3075 in addition to the others. The port forward website includes exactly which ports need to be open for a number of games on both Xbox and PC, and the info is regularly updated to reflect various new titles.

If you still have any questions regarding this, feel welcome to ask.

Hope this helps.

Yes, the port with UDP and TCP, you need to use both.

Port 88 (UDP)

Port 3074 (UDP and TCP)

Port 53 (UDP and TCP)

Port 80 (TCP)

Port 500 (UDP)

Port 3544 (UDP)

Port 4500 (UDP)

If you need more help in opening these ports, make sure to reach out with your internet provider so they can guide you through your router settings.

Thanks!

Yes, that’s correct. So for port 88, enter this number from start to finish for both internal and external. Be sure to do this for all the ports that need to be open.

TCP is internal and UDP is external. It’s important that all these ports are consistent - they can’t be mixed or anything, and each and every port number needs to be entered individually.

There’s a similar thread on the EA forums discussing FIFA and a BT Smart Hub router. Page 3 is helpful and there’s a few replies that explain this in more detail, so I’ve linked this:

https://fifaforums.easports.com/en/...rts-ports-updated-again-november-12th-2020/p3

Hope this helps.