How do i set up port forwarding (for cameras, online gaming etc?)

Port forwarding is a way of making a computer on your home or business network accessible to computers on the internet and it is commonly used in gaming, security cameras and home automation, amongst other things.

All you need to do to set port forwarding on your modem is follow these easy steps. Firstly, confirm your modem’s model before following these instructions:

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  1. Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
  2. Click on ‘Sign in’ at the top right of the page to log in.
  3. In the user field enter ‘advanceduser’ and in the password field enter the code found on the label attached to the bottom of the modem, marked as Access Key.
  4. Instead of ‘Sign In’ at the top right, you should now see ‘advanceduser’ to confirm that you have logged in with the correct account.
  5. Click on the ‘WAN Services’ card.
  6. Click on ‘Add new IPv4 port mapping’.
  7. Type in the ‘Name’ for the port forwarding entry, choose the ‘Protocol’ [TCP or UDP or TCP/UDP], type in the ‘WAN port’ and ‘LAN port’. Once you start typing the ‘Destination IP’, a dropdown menu will appear and list all devices on the local network. Select the Device/ IP address for which you want to configure the port forwarding entry.
    Optional: To access your device remotely from a range of port numbers, you may use ‘:’ between port numbers in ‘WAN port’ and ‘LAN port’.
  8. Click on the ‘+’ sign under ‘Destination MAC’ to add the port forwarding entry. The ‘Destination MAC’ will populate itself automatically.
    Note: If the ‘Destination MAC’ is not populated, the port forwarding entry will not work.
  9. Click on the ‘Close’ button to return to the modem’s GUI homepage.

 

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  1. Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
  2. Click on ‘Sign in’ at the top right of the page to log in.
  3. In the user field, enter ‘advanceduser’ and in the password field, enter the code found on the label attached to the bottom of the modem, marked as Access Key.
  4. Click on ‘Sign In’ to log in. Instead of ‘Sign In’ at the top right, you should now see ‘advanceduser’ to confirm that you have logged in with the correct account.
  5. Click on the ‘WAN Services’ card.
  6. Click on ‘Add new IPv4 port mapping’.
  7. Type in the ‘Name’ for the port forwarding entry, choose the ‘Protocol’ [TCP or UDP or TCP/UDP], type in the ‘WAN port’ and ‘LAN port’. Once you start typing the ‘Destination IP’, a dropdown menu will appear and list all devices on the local network. Select the Device/ IP address for which you want to configure the port forwarding entry.
    Optional: To access your device remotely from a range of port numbers, you may use ‘:’ between port numbers in ‘WAN port’ and ‘LAN port’.
  8. Click on the ‘+’ sign under ‘Destination MAC’ to add the port forwarding entry. The ‘Destination MAC’ will populate itself automatically.
    Note: If the ‘Destination MAC’ is not populated, the port forwarding entry will not work.
  9. Click on the ‘Close’ button to return to the modem’s GUI homepage.

 

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  1. Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
  2. In the user field, enter ‘advanceduser’, and in the password field, enter the code found on the label at the back of the modem, marked as Web Access Key.
  3. Click on ‘Login’. At the top right, you should see ‘Logged in as: advanceduser’, which indicates that you have logged in with the correct account.
  4. Click on the ‘Access Control’ card.
  5. Click on ‘Port Forwarding’.
  6. Scroll down to ‘Add Rules Manually’.
  7. Type in the ‘Custom service name’ for the port forwarding entry.
  8. Choose the ‘Service’ [leave it set to ‘Other’].
  9. Choose the ‘Protocol’ [TCP or UDP or TCP/UDP].
  10. Type in ‘*’ for ‘External host’.
  11. Type in the ‘External port’ and ‘Internal port’.
  12. Type in the private IP address of the device next for ‘Internal host’.
  13. Leave ‘Connection’ set to default. ‘Fixed Connection’ as port forwarding entries will only work for fixed connections. It will not work for mobile connections.
  14. Click on the ‘Add’ button to add the port forwarding rule.

 

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  1. Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
  2. Click on ‘User’ on the top left of the page. A new page will appear, and click on ‘Switch to another user’.
  3. It will ask you for a username and password: use ‘advanceduser’ as the username and ‘advanced’ as the password.
  4. Instead of ‘user’ at the top left of the page, you should now see ‘advanceduser’ to confirm that you have logged in with the correct account.
  5. Click on ‘Toolbox’, then click on ‘Game & Application Sharing’ and click on ‘Create a new game or application’.
  6. Set a name for the port forwarding entry next to ‘Name’ and choose ‘Manual Entry of Port Maps’. Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
  7. Choose ‘Protocol’ from the dropdown menu. The options are ‘Any’, ‘TCP’ or ‘UDP’.
    Note: If you are unsure if the requested port is TCP or UDP, choose ‘Any’.
  8. Type in the port/s you want to open under ‘Port Range’. Then click on the ‘Add’ button.
  9. Click on ‘Assign a game or application to a local network device’ to assign port forwarding entry to a local/private IP address.
  10. Under ‘Game or Application’, select the Application Name (set in step 6) from the dropdown menu.
  11. Under ‘Device’, select ‘User-defined’ and type in the local/private IP address for which you would like to set the port forwarding.
  12. Click on the ‘Apply’ button to assign the port forwarding rule.