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Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 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 Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 Guides

This is the port forwarding guide for the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 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 Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3

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To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3, follow our Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3

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This is the status page from your Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 router.

When you have finished logging into the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 you are taken to the Status page of this router.

First, click the choice labeled Configuration, this is on the left side of the page.

A new, light blue, list of links appears. From this list pick the choice labeled Virtual Server, then Port Forwarding.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

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This is the port forwarding page from your Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 router.

First, enter the name of the program in the box labeled Application. It doesn't matter what you enter in this box, but entering something that helps you to remember why you are forwarding these ports would be a good idea.

The second box down is the Protocol box. Use the drop down menu here to choose the type of protocol you want to use when forwarding these ports.

After that is the two boxes for External Port and the two boxes labeled Redirect Port. When you want to forward a single port, you enter that port number in all four boxes of External and Redirect Port. If you want to forward a range of ports, enter the lowest number in both of the boxes labeled from and the highest number of the range in both boxes labeled to.

In the box labeled Internal IP address, enter the IP address you are forwarding these ports to, for instance, if you are forwarding multiple ports to run a specific program on a computer, you need to use that computer's IP address here in this box.

The Time Schedule should be set to Always On.

When you are done, click the Add button, then at the bottom of the page, click Save Config.

You did it, you are finished!

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 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 Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 Info

Don't forget about our other Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3 info that you might be interested in.

This is the port forwarding guide for the Billion BiPAC-7401VGP-R3. We also have the following guides for the same router: