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Port Forwarding on the Sonicwall TZ-150 Wireless Router

In order to open and forward ports on your Sonicwall TZ-150 Wireless router, simply perform the following steps in order.

  1. Logon to your router
  2. Go to the Firewall Access Rules menu
  3. Start the Rule Wizard
  4. Create a new Public Server Rule
  5. Select the type of server you want to run
  6. Supply the internal IP address of your server
  7. Specify the destination interface
  8. Apply the new rule
  9. Check the rule for accuracy and logout

Step 1: Logon to your router

Open your web browser and type http://192.168.168.168/ in the address window (http://192.168.168.168 is the default IP of the Sonicwall TZ-150; if you've changed this then use the appropriate address). Enter username "admin" and password "password" (these are the default Sonicwall TZ-150 values). Note: If you have changed the default username and password then use the values you have changed them to.

Port forwarding setup for Sonicwall TZ-150 Wireless Internet router

Step 2: In the menu on the left side of the page, look for the Firewall menu and then click on Access Rules.
Once you're in the Access Rules section, click on the Rule Wizard button in the upper righthand corner. The wizard is the simplest way to define a new access rule.

Launch the access rule wizard

Step 3: Start the Access Rule Wizard.
Push the Next button to commence the process.

Start to create your new access rule

Step 4: Create a new Public Server rule.

create a new public server rule

Step 5: Select the type of server you want to run.
We're using HTTP (web server) for this example. There are numerous pre-defined rules to choose from. If you can't find one that meets your needs, then you can create a new service but that goes beyond the scope of this document. Please refer to your Sonicwall documentation for instructions on creating a new service.

Select the type of server you wish to run

Step 6: Supply the internal IP address of your server.
You can determine this by running IPCONFIG from a command prompt on a Windows® box.

Point the rule at the internal IP address of your server

Step 7: Specify the destination interface.
In this case you want to send the traffic to your internal local area network (LAN).

Select the destination interface for this traffic

Step 8: Apply the new rule.

Click Apply to save the rule

Step 9: Check the finished rule for accuracy and then logout. You're done!

check finished rule for accuracy and logout

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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