Port Forwarding Guide
Forward port 7777 for Unreal Engine. If that doesn't work, you can
add 7777-7779 and 27015-27036 to cover everything Unreal might use.
How to forward ports, and the ability to, changes based on your router and ISP, but here are some directions that work for most setups.
- Find your local IP, have this ready. It will usually look like 192.168.1.X (your machine's number as the X).
- Option 1: open up command prompt, run ipconfig, and look for the IPv4 Address.
- Option 2: in Windows, open the start menu, search for Ethernet or Wifi, click on your network, and it should list your IPv4 Address under Properties.
- Log into your router
- go to http://192.168.1.1 in a browser
- use the username/password written on the bottom of your physical router
- Look for the Port Forwarding section. This is usually under some kind of Advanced section. Or, in my router's case, open the Advanced tab, expand Advanced Setup, and then there is a link for Port Forwarding / Port Triggering. Try searching for instructions for your exact router model if you have trouble.
- Add an entry for the ports listed at the top of this section. You can put in a single number, or a range with a dash. Use TCP/UDP (both), and put in your machine's local IP (see first step)
- Find your public IP - you can find this with a service like ipchicken
- Open the game, click play, and give your friends the public IP to connect to.
You can also play over LAN without forwarding ports. You will just need the local IP for the host - see the first step above.
Some gamers use a service like Hamachi to do a virtual LAN setup, to play over the internet without forwarding ports, if you have no other options (your ISP just doesn't let you forward ports, or you don't have access to your router).