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Port Forwarding on the Netgear MR814 Router

In order to open and forward ports on your Netgear MR814 router, simply perform the following steps in order.

  1. Logon to your router
  2. Go to Port Forwarding
  3. Select the service to forward
  4. Specify the internal IP address of the target machine
  5. Add the new forwarding rule
  6. Check the rule for accuracy

Step 1: Logon to your router

Open you web browser and type http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm in the address window (http://192.168.0.1 is the default IP of Netgear routers; if you've changed this then use the appropriate address). Enter username "Password" and password "password" (these are the default Netgear MR814 values). Note: If you have changed the default username and password then use the values you have changed them to.

Step 2: In the menu on the left side of the page, look for the Advanced menu and then click on Port Forwarding.

Port forwarding setup for netgear MR814 Internet router

Step 3: Select the service you want to forward
We're using HTTP (web server) in this example. You can choose from the other pre-defined ones available or define your own custom service using the Add Custom Service button to use PC Anywhere or Remote Desktop for example.

Choose the protocol to forward

Step 4: Enter the IP address of the target machine on your network that the traffic gets forwarded to.

Input the IP address of the target machine on your network

Step 5: Click the Add button to save the rule.

Click Add to save your forwarding rule

Step 6: Check the finished rule for accuracy and then you're done.

check rule for accuracy

There are a couple of gotchas you should be aware of:

Remember that opening and forwarding ports on a router effectively exposes your internal network to the Internet. You should only open the ports that are needed to get your applications to work and always make sure your computers have all the latest patches and security updates applied in order to minimize the possibilty of someone compromising your network.

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