Port Forwarding QSee QSDF8204 on the Actiontec GT701WG

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Configuring the DVR to pick up an IP address

  • Press Menu on the front panel of the DVR
  • Enter the password: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & press the <enter> button (center of arrow pad)



  • Select Network

  • Select IP Config.

  • Select DHCP.

  • Select OK
  • Press the ESC button to exit out to the live cameras


Power Cycle the DVR

  • Remove the power cable from the back of the DVR.
  • Wait 20 seconds.
  • Plug in the power cable.


Identifying the IP address

  • Press the Info button on the front of the DVR

  • Write down the IP address, subnet mask & gateway on your screen.
  • Select OK


Assign a Static IP

  • Press Menu
  • Enter the password: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & press the enter button (center of arrow pad).



  • Select Network

  • Select IP Config

  • Select Static
  • Input the same IP address, subnet mask & gateway - (you wrote down earlier).

  • Select OK
  • Now you have completed the steps required for configuring the dvr.

To setup port forwarding on this router your computer needs to have a static ip address.
Try our free PF Setup Static IP Address Program which will setup a static ip address for your computer.

Or you can take a look at our Static IP Address guide to setup a static ip address. When you are finished setting up a static ip address, please come back to this page and enter the ip address you setup in the Static IP Address box below.

Do not skip this step!

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Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser. If you do not know your routers internal IP address please read our How To Find Your Routers IP Address guide.

In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.0.1.

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Click the Setup / Configuration link.

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Click the Advanced Setup link near the left of the page.

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Click the Begin Advanced Setup button.

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Click the Port Forward link near the left of the page.

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Entry #1

We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. QSee QSDF8204 requires you to forward the 80,2000 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Port Forwarding menu and then click Add.

IP Port Range Protocol IP Address
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Entry #2

You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Port Forwarding page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Add.

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When you're finished, click Save and Restart near the left of the screen to save your changes.

And that's it! You're done!


To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Port Checker tool.

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