Port Forwarding - NETGEAR Sprint 6100D User Manual

Port Forwarding

Port forwarding lets you forward incoming traffic to specific ports and devices (per their local IP
address) on your network. (Normally, incoming traffic is blocked.)
1. On a computer or wireless device that is connected to your gateway, launch a Web
browser.
2. In the address or URL field of your browser, type http://myrouter.
3. When prompted to log in, enter admin for the user name and type the password. (The
default password is password.)
4. Click Settings > Router > Port Forwarding.
You can:
●
Enable or disable port forwarding. See
Note: You must enable port forwarding before you can view and update the port forwarding list.
●
Enter port forwarding details for an application. (See
Enable Port Forwarding for an
For example, you can configure port forwarding so that:

You can access your Remote Desktop from the Internet (by specifying the WAN
[public] IP address that your device is using).

Internet users can access a Web, FTP, or email server, or gaming or Internet
application hosted by your computer.
●
Remove an application from the port forwarding list. (See
Port Forward Panel: Disable Port Forwarding for an
Gateway Settings
Enable Port Forwarding.
Application.)
Application.)
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