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Belkin F5D7231-4 Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Belkin F5D7231-4 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 Belkin F5D7231-4 Guides

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F5D7231-4 v5. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Belkin F5D7231-4 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 Belkin F5D7231-4

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To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Belkin F5D7231-4 router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Belkin F5D7231-4, follow our Belkin F5D7231-4 Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Belkin F5D7231-4 router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Belkin F5D7231-4

router status mac address internet IP
This is the status page from your Belkin F5D7231-4 router.

Once you have finished logging into the Belkin F5D7231-4v5 you are taken to the Status page for this router. On the left is a list of choices, pick the one labeled Virtual Servers, which will be under the heading of Firewall.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Belkin F5D7231-4

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

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This is the port forwarding page from your Belkin F5D7231-4 router.

On this new page is a large blue box. On the first empty line place a check mark in the smaller box labeled Enable.

The next box over to the right is the Description. Enter the name of the program in this box, or something that will remind you why you are forwarding these ports.

If you are forwarding a single port, you enter this number in four different places. First enter them into both boxes labeled Inbound portand then in both boxes labeled Private port. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number in this range in the left box of both the Inbound port and Private port. Enter the highest number of the range in the right box of both the Inbound port and Private port.

The center box is the Type drop down menu. Use this menu to choose the type of protocol you are going to use to forward these ports.

In the Private IP address box, enter the IP address you are forwarding these ports to, for example, if you are forwarding a port to run a program on a computer, be sure to use that computer's IP address in this box.

When you are done, click the blue Add button at the top of the page, then the Apply Changes button close to the bottom of the page.

Congratulations, you did it!

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Belkin F5D7231-4 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 Belkin F5D7231-4 Info

Don't forget about our other Belkin F5D7231-4 info that you might be interested in.

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F5D7231-4 v5. We also have the following guides for the same router: