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Belkin F7D3301 Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Belkin F7D3301 router.

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

Other Belkin F7D3301 Guides

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F7D3301 v1. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Belkin F7D3301 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 F7D3301

To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Belkin F7D3301 router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Belkin F7D3301, follow our Belkin F7D3301 Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Belkin F7D3301 router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Belkin F7D3301

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This is the status page from your Belkin F7D3301 router.

Once you have finished logging into the Belkin F7D3301v1 you are taken to the Status page of your Belkin router. When you want to forward a port, first click the choice on the left labeled Virtual Servers, right underneath Firewall.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Belkin F7D3301

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

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This is the port forwarding page from your Belkin F7D3301 router.

You are now taken to the correct page, in the first empty row of boxes place a check in the box labeled Enable.

Next to this is the Description, enter short description of what you're doing here. For example, entering the program name is a good choice.

Now the Inbound port and Private port. If you are forwarding a single port enter this port number into both of these boxes, both the Inbound port and Private port. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter that range into both of these boxes like 500-600. With the lowest number, dash highest, number.

In the center box is the Type drop down menu. Use this menu to choose the protocol you are going to use to forward your ports.

In the Private IP address box, enter the IP address you are forwarding these ports to, for example if you want to forward some ports to run a program on your computer, you need to use that computer's IP address in this box.

Once you have followed all the steps above, click the Add button and then the Apply Changes button.

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Belkin F7D3301 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 F7D3301 Info

Don't forget about our other Belkin F7D3301 info that you might be interested in.

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F7D3301 v1. We also have the following guides for the same router: