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Port forwarding issues
Hi, I'm trying to forward some ports on from my router to my PC but am having quite a bit of trouble.
As you can see in the screenshot below. I have added both of the required ports to allow co...
> The goal is to open and forward the ports that the game server (hosted
> by the developer) uses to connect to the individual client.
At least one of us has no idea what you're actually trying to do.
Generally, a client connects to a server, and the NAT router on the
client side deals with replies from the server without any need for
"opening" or forwarding ports.
Port forwarding is required when some external client wants to
initiate a connection to a server which is behind a NAT router. You
don't need to "open" or forward ports to allow a client to connect to an
external server.