Are you having problem through surfing the internet and browsing your favorite games, websites, services or downloading applications? Your problem may be a blocked port on your router.
As your router stands between your devices and the Internet, ensuring security for data transmission and keeping out harmful traffic while opening port on router to permit useful traffic such as Websites, services, games and applications. Router configures most of the ports you need automatically to use the Internet securely. In some cases you need to tell your router to open up a certain port so a program won’t be blocked and this is called port forwarding.
Port forwarding is opening port on router at your home or business network, that is usually blocked and banned from access by your router. Opening specific ports can allow games and applications to work through the usual security of your router that don’t permit connections to these ports.
If you are seeking for opening port on router then you need to create a port forward. Open ports are used to allow connections in to your network from the Internet. They are common in gaming, torrenting, and VOIP configurations.
Follow this guide for opening port on router, regardless of your operating system:
1. Type in the default IP address (192.168.1.1) in your browser.
2. Log in using the default username (admin) andpassword (admin).
· Type “admin” for both the username and the password on Linksys and Netgear routers.
· Leave the username empty and enter “admin” for the password on other routers,
3. Click on Advanced atthe top of the screen and then click on the PortForwarding option on the left.
4. Under the ‘Port Forwarding Rules’configuration:
a. Write the name of the application/Service in the Name field.
b. Enter the TCP and UDP port in their fields.
i.e.TCP = 80 for a web server
c. Under the ‘Computer Name’ drop down listselect one of the Computer names and click on the'<<‘ button to add the IPaddress under the ‘IP address’ field.
d. Click on the Add/Apply button to add the newPort and forward entry into the ‘Active Port Forwarding Rules’list.
5. Reboot the router with the new settings.
