How to Port Forward Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4 is a shooter video game created by Infinity Ward and released by Activision in 2007. 

The game shifts away from the backdrop of the World War 2 of earlier iterations and is now set in the present. 

To enable traffic for Call of Duty 4 to get past your device’s firewall, you would have to set a rule that permits traffic on the game’s ports, namely TCP 3074, 27014-27050, and UDP 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036.

You can use the steps below to configure your router to allow ports for Call of Duty 4.

Requirements to Port Forward Call of Duty 4

Just before you begin with the process of port forwarding, make sure you have the following things:

• The IP address of your router.
• IP address of your gaming device.
• TCP and UDP ports of Call of Duty 4 for your gaming device as mentioned in the section below.

Step-by-step guide on how to port forward Call of Duty 4

Now that you have the above details noted down, you can move to the next stage of port forwarding are as follows. 

1. On your web browser address bar, type your router’s IP Address/Default Gateway.
2. Log in with your router’s credentials (username and password) to view your router’s firmware settings.
3. Navigate to the port forwarding section of your router.
4. Click on Port Forwarding.
5. Enter the IP address of your gaming device in your router in the correct box.
6. Put the ports of Call of Duty 4 server in the boxes of your router.
7. TCP: 3074, 27014-27050
8. UDP:  3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036.
9. Then click the apply button.
10. And you’re done. Restart your router to let the changes take effect.
11. Once your changes take effect, now you can connect to Call of Duty 4.

Call of Duty 4 needed to run

To play the game online and create a server without any interruptions, you’ll have to allow access to certain ports on your firewall. The default ports are:

TCP:	3074, 27014-27050
UDP:	3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036

Quickly and safely open ports using PureVPN

Opening a port shouldn’t be complicated. With the Port Forwarding add-on, it’s as simple as 1, 2, and 3!

How to open ports behind CGNAT

What if your ISP performs CGNAT? Most ISPs perform CGNAT (Carrier-grade Network Address Translation) to conserve bandwidth and assign a single IP address to multiple users connected to the same internet network. However, CGNAT makes it difficult for you to open ports on the router. 

To get around the CGNAT issue, you can use the Port Forwarding add-on to bypass this problem and port forward routers without hassle. 

Here’s more information on how to use PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on and bypass CGNAT in a few clicks.

PureVPN’s Port Forwarding Add-on

A secure way to open all ports

To most people, port forwarding is quite a demanding task. For starters, every router has a different console, which often makes it difficult to navigate to specific settings.

Secondly, you won’t always be able to open ports on your router if your ISP restricts the ports. Yes, you heard that right! ISPs are notorious for blocking ports due to security reasons. If ISP isn’t the reason behind a blocked port, then perhaps it could be your operating system’s firewall.

Well, you can make all these problems go away and enjoy smooth online gaming on all your desired systems with PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on. Through the Port Forwarding add-on, you can allow all ports, disallow all ports, and allow specific ports.