Belkin F9K1001 Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Belkin F9K1001 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 F9K1001 Guides

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F9K1001 v1. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Belkin F9K1001 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 F9K1001

To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Belkin F9K1001 router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Belkin F9K1001, follow our Belkin F9K1001 Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Belkin F9K1001 router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Belkin F9K1001

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This is the status page from your Belkin F9K1001 router.

Once you have finished logging into the Belkin F9K1001v1 you are taken to the Status page. On the left is a list of links, find and click the one labeled Virtual Servers, it is right under Firewall.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Belkin F9K1001

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

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This is the port forwarding page from your Belkin F9K1001 router.

On this new page, place a check mark in the Enable box.

Next to this, enter the name of the program in the box called Description. It is not important what you enter here, but it would be a good idea to have something in here that reminds you why you are forwarding these ports.

If you are forwarding a single port, enter that number in both of the boxes labeled Inbound port and both of the boxes labeled Private port. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number in the left box of both Inbound port and Private port. Enter the highest number into the right box of both Inbound port and Private port.

You should now be at the Type drop down menu. Use this menu to select the type of protocol you are going to use when forwarding these ports.

Now, the Private IP address, enter the IP address you are forwarding these ports to. For example if you are forwarding these ports to run a program on your computer, be sure to use your computer's IP address here.

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

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Belkin F9K1001 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 F9K1001 Info

Don't forget about our other Belkin F9K1001 info that you might be interested in.

This is the port forwarding guide for the Belkin F9K1001 v1. We also have the following guides for the same router: