If you are having problem in playing your multiplayer games
or using messenger programs or you may be trying to connect to other’s system
on the internet? But you are having problem in port forwarding.
You may have blocked port on your router that is not
allowing access to connect to internet while you are connected to your WI-FI
network.
Your router is in between your devices and internet, and it
makes sure that data is coming and moving out in the right direction. Your
router acts as a wall that keeps unwanted and harmful traffic out of your
devices. But if you want to play multiplayer games or you may want to share
files with other users then you may need to open a port. Ports are ways through
which you may want to bring in useful traffic.
By default, routers automatically configure safe ports on
the internet. But in some cases you may need to open certain a port yourself so
that a program won’t get blocked. This process is known as port forwarding, and
let’s see how we can do it.
Make Your Device IP Static
By default, devices IPS are dynamic which means they are
changed after some interval of time. Whenever you turn off your router or your
device, their IP is changed automatically. But if you want to forward port on
your device IP, then you need to change it to static so that it doesn’t change
whenever your router or device turns off. To forward the port you need to give
your router the static IP address of your device for which you are opening ports.
First of all, On your computer for which you want to open
port, you need to know about your network details, goto start, and then type cmd into search, and then press enter.
Type ipconfig/all in
command windows and press enter.
Note Down the above details highlighted in red rectangle,
your details may be ‘Local Area Network’ or ‘Wireless Network Details’. As I am
using Wi-Fi, so my details are under ‘Wireless Lan Adapter Wi-Fi’.
Make Sure you take the following details:
- IPv4 Address (or IP Address)
- Subnet Mask
- Default Gateway
- DNS Servers
Now, To make your IP static on windows 7,8 or Windows 10.
Just click on the start and search for ‘Networks’ and click on ‘View Network
Connections’ or ‘Change Adapter Setting(Windows 7)’. Now for the network with
whitch you are currently connected. As I am connected to Wi-FI, so I will right
click on it and click on ‘properties.
In the list, double click on Internet Protocol Version
4(TCP/IPv4). And Select Use
the following IP address. Now Enter the same details that you noted
previously on command.
Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, And Default Gateway in IP
Address Section and Enter the other DNS details in DNS Section and click OK to
save the settings.
Forwarding Ports
Now, we have assigned our device a static IP, Let’s log in
to our router and open a port. Open your browser and type the default Gateway
in the address bar and press enter.
Enter the username and password of the router and hit enter.
The username and password of your router may be listed in your router’s
documentation or under the router.
Now to forward a port on the router, look for the option labeled
as “Advance”, “Applications and Gaming”,”Port Triggering”,”NAT or QoS” or “Port
Forwarding” and something similar.
Now enter the port that you want to open in “External” and “Internal”
fields along with the IP address of your device.
Choose the TCP/UDP protocol and save.
Check to make sure that the “Enabled” option is selected. Following
is a screenshot of the example above.
This is all that you need to know about how to forward ports
on any router. It was a simple guide about how to forward ports on any type of
router. Next we will discuss about how to forward ports on double rotors. So
wait for the next tutorial. Thanks
Related Keywords:
port forwarding
Related Keywords:
port forwarding
port forwarding for ps4