Device Guides


How to

Set up port forwarding

You can open and forward the modem ports to a computer or game console on your local network. Remember, you need to know the IP address of the device you want to forward the ports to and establish a connection to the modem settings menu before you can use this function.


List view

Find "Port Forwarding"

Click Network Settings.
Click Port Forwarding.

Enter name

Click the field next to "Custom service name" and key in the required name.

Select service

Click the drop down list next to "Service".
Click the required setting.
If you don't know which setting to select, select "Other".

Select protocol

Click the drop down list next to "Protocol".
Click the required protocol type.
If you don't know which setting to select, select "TCP - UDP".

Select setting for external IP address

Leave the field next to "External host" empty.

Enter external port numbers

Click the field next to "External Port" and key in the port number only or the required interval, eg. 6000-6100.

Enter internal IP address

Click the field next to "Internal host" and key in the IP address of the device to which the external port numbers are to be forwarded.

Enter internal port numbers

Click the field next to "Internal Port" and key in the port number or the port interval of the device to which the external port numbers are to be forwarded.
The internal port numbers should match those entered in the external port number field.

Save forwarding

Click Add to add and save the port forwarding.
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