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Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 Port Forwarding Instructions

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This page will show you how to setup a port forward on the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 router.

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

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Configure your Computer to Have a Static IP Address

Port forwarding the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 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 7401VGPR3

To get started forwarding a port you need to login to your Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 router. If you are already logged in you can skip this step.

To login to the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3, follow our Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 Login Guide.

Forward a Port on the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 router

Find The Port Forwarding Section of the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3

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This is the status page from your Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 router.

When you have finished logging into the Billion BiPAC-7401VGPR3 you are taken to the Status page for this router. To forward a port, click the choice on the left side of the page labeled Configuration. This opens a new menu from which you click Virtual Server, then Port Forwarding.

Configure the Port Forwarding section of your Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3

Now to forward a port, make the following changes:

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This is the port forwarding page from your Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 router.

You should now be on the page you see above. On this page enter the name of the program in the box labeled Application. It doesn't really matter what you enter here, but we recommend entering something that will remind you of why you are forwarding these ports.

In the next box labeled Protocol choose from the list given the type of protocol you want to use when forwarding these ports.

Looking to the right, you see the Time Schedule, leave this as Always On.

If you are forwarding a single port, enter this port number in both boxes in External Port and in both boxes of Redirect Port. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number in both boxes labeled from and the highest number of the range in the boxes labeled to in both the External Port and Redirect Ports.

Next is the Internal IP Address. Enter the IP address you are forwarding these ports to in this box. If you are forwarding a port to run a program on your computer, then use that computer's IP address here.

Finally, click the Add button and then at the bottom of the page, click Save Config.

You did it, congratulations!

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3 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.

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This is the port forwarding guide for the Billion Bipac 7401VGPR3. We also have the following guides for the same router: