Discord has quickly become one of the most popular VoIP apps on the market. It is a cross-platform text and video chat app designed specifically for gamers. Nearly 250 million users use Discord while playing thousands of multiplayer games online. However, despite its numerous benefits, you may not always be able to enjoy these services at their maximum capabilities. The most common reason for this is the series of routers, gateways, and intermediary devices connected to your internet connection which are blocking your internet traffic.
Why You Need Discord Port Forwarding
You can easily reconfigure some of these gateways and routers. These will optimize your router for Discord and give you better ping times and a faster connection. This entire process is known as port forwarding. It is easy to set up and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Read on below to learn how.
Things You’ll Need
You’ll need the following info before you can forward ports for Discord:
- The IP Address of your router (This process is completely illustrated in all our port forwarding guides)
- The IP Address of your gaming console/PC (You can read our detailed port forwarding guides for Xbox and PlayStation to learn how to find these)
- The TCP and UDP ports for each game (These can be found at the end of every port forwarding guide)
How To Forward Ports
Follow these steps to set up port forwarding:
- Enter your router’s IP address in any web browser’s address bar. Log in with admin credentials.
- Scroll down and locate the port forwarding section. It is usually located under Advanced or NAT settings on Netgear, TP-Link, and Asus routers.
- Add a port forwarding entry. (Enter the IP Address of your device, such as your phone.)
- Now enter “5050” for both starting and ending ports. Remember to tick “UDP” for each port.
- Save this entry and reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Resources At Port Forwarding Hub
Here at Port Forwarding Hub, we have covered an extensive list of routers and games for you to set up port forwarding on. Additionally, you’ll find exactly which ports to forward under which protocol in each of these port forwarding guides for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and your gaming PCs as well.
