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Airlink 101 AR695W Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Airlink 101 AR695W router.

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If you are not sure what port forwarding is you can read our What is Port Forwarding guide to help get started.

Other Airlink 101 AR695W Guides

This is the port forwarding guide for the Airlink 101 AR695W. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Airlink 101 AR695W to your computer can be more reliable if you first configure a static IP address on your computer. We have instructions to setup a static IP address for Windows 7, Windows 8, and a variety of other devices on our Static IP Address Settings page.

Please note that while setting up a static IP address on your computer is optional, it is still a very good idea to go ahead and do it. In the long run it will make your port forward much more reliable.

Login To The Airlink 101 AR695W

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To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Airlink 101 AR695W router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Airlink 101 AR695W, follow our Airlink 101 AR695W Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Airlink 101 AR695W router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Airlink 101 AR695W

router status mac address internet IP
This is the status page from your Airlink 101 AR695W router.

After you have finished logging into the Airlink 101 AR695W router you should begin on the home page. Click the option labeled Advanced at the top of the screen.

Next, click the link titled FORWARDING RULES at the top of the page. This opens a menu on the left side of the page. Click the option of Virtual Server.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Airlink 101 AR695W

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

router virtual server screenshot
This is the virtual server page from your Airlink 101 AR695W router.

Starting on the left and working right we see the Server IP first. Enter the fourth set of digits in the IP Address of the device you are forwarding these ports to. So if you are forwarding these ports to help a program run on your notebook and the IP address of your notebook is 162.168.2.112 simply enter the 112 in the available space. The IP address for your device is probably different.

Next is the box labeled Service Ports. If you are forwarding a single port go ahead and enter that port number into the box. If you are forwarding a range of ports enter them with the lowest number then highest number and separated with a dash, such as 2000-2999.

To the right of that is the Protocol. Choose the type of protocol you want to use from the available drop down list.

Put a checkmark in the Enable box.

Finally if you are happy with your work go ahead and click Save.

Congratulations! You did it.

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Airlink 101 AR695W you should test to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.

To test if your ports are forwarded you should use our Open Port Check tool.

Other Airlink 101 AR695W Info

Don't forget about our other Airlink 101 AR695W info that you might be interested in.

This is the port forwarding guide for the Airlink 101 AR695W. We also have the following guides for the same router: