Port Forwarding Notes

Ports that need forwarding for various applications

Protocol Application Port Protocol
DNS Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 53
53
tcp
udp
FTP File Transfer Protocol 21 tcp
H.323 NetMeeting
- receiving calls only
 
Not required if using firmware which supports the H.323 ALG
389
522
1503
1720
1731
tcp
tcp
tcp
tcp
tcp
HTTP HypertText Transfer Protocol
Webserver
80 tcp
IRC Internet Relay Chat

Set IRC application first port to 4001 and last port to 4002
59
113
4001
4002
tcp
L2TP Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol (VPN) 500
1701
udp
udp
LIMEWIRE [default port] 6346 tcp
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol 119 tcp
pcAnyWhere Data
Stat
5631
5632
tcp
udp
POP3 Post Office Protocol v3
- incoming mail server
110 tcp
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol (VPN)
Not required if using firmware which supports the PPTP ALG
1723 tcp
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- outgoing mail server
25 tcp
SSH Secure SHell Protocol 22 tcp
TELNET Telnet :-) 23 tcp
WinVNC Remote desktop 5900 tcp
Windows Remote desktop 3389 tcp

Ports that need forwarding for various games

Tiger Woods 2003

Tiger Woods 2003 clients need the following ports opened:

[Source: Electronic Arts web site]

StarCraft (hosting)

To host a StarCraft game, you need to forward the following ports:

[Source: newsgroup]

Battlefield 1942

To play Battlefield 1942 on an external server, you need to forward the following ports:

[Source: newsgroup]

Other applications, games etc

Some very helpful information for users configuring mIRC for the first time may be found here.

Additional port listings may be found here and here.

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