How to Enable Port Forwarding on Netgear Nighthawk Router?

Your Netgear Nighthawk router has a firewall that prevents your home network from unauthorized access. It blocks all the connections that were opened for a game or some other application.

The procedure in which a port is opened is called Enable port forwarding Netgear Nighthawk because in this process you forward a port from the internet via a firewall and direct it to the device in your home network.

Learn a Few Things about Enable Port Forwarding on Netgear Nighthawk Router. These include:

Step 1: Set up an IP address on your computer or device on which you wish to forward a port.

Step 2: Log into your Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router.

Step 3: Move to the port forwarding section.

1. Click on the link of advanced.
2. Now, select the link of Advanced Setup.
3. Select port triggering or port forwarding.
4. After that, click on the radio button of port forwarding.
5. Then, click on the button of Add Custom Service.

Step 4: Make a port forward entry.

It may seem hard at first but there is nothing to worry about. Here, we will help you walk through all the steps that you need to perform for Netgear port forwarding.

Step 1: It is imperative to set up a static IP address in the device to which you are going to forward a port. This makes sure that all your ports are open even after restarting the device.

Once you are done setting up the static IP address, the next thing that you need to do is to log into your router.

Step 2: Now, you are going to log into your Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router. Your router has an interface that you can use to access the settings of your router. Open the internet browser of your choice and then enter your router’s IP address in the location bar.

The default Netgear Nighthawk IP address is 172.16.0.1. In case you changed the IP address of your router, then you need to enter that IP address. After you are done entering the IP address in the URL section, then click on the search icon.

After that, a dialog box will appear before you where you will be required to enter the username and password of your router. The default username of your Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router is admin and the default password of your Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router is password.

Enter the username and passwords in their respective fields and then click on Ok. Now, you will be able to log into your Netgear Nighthawk router.

Step 3: Now to enable port forwarding on the Netgear Nighthawk router, start searching for the port forwarding section of your router. For this, you will have to open the Netgear Genie page.

Select the Advanced tab that is given right after the Basic tab. Now, take a look at the sidebar on the left. Select the option of Advanced Setup. This will open up the new menu. Now, select the option of Port Triggering or Port Forwarding.

Now, move ahead and put a dot in the button of the radio labeled as port forwarding, close to the top of the page. After that, click on the button of Add Custom Service given at the end of the page.

Step 4: Now, go to the Service Name box and then name the entry. It does not make any difference but this will help you keep in mind why you did port forwarding in the first place. Choose the type of protocol of the ports that you are forwarding from the Service Type box.

In case you are only forwarding one port, then enter that port number in External Ending Port as well as the External Starting Port box. In case the port forwarding is of the range of ports with the help of a hyphen, then enter the smallest number within that range in the box of External Starting Port. Enter the highest number of the range in the box of External Ending Port.

Please ensure that Use the same port range for the internal port box is checked. Now in the box of internal IP address, enter the IP address of the device that you wish to forward the ports to. This IP address can be of your PC or some other device on the same network. Select the apply button once you are done entering the IP address.

Once Netgear Enable Port Forwarding is done, click on the green apply button to save the changes made.