Port Forwarding the Linksys BEFSR11 Router for BitComet
What is Port Forwarding?
If you don't know what Port Forwarding is yet, you might want to start by reading our What is Port Forwarding guide.
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Before Forwarding a Port Setup a Static IP Address
To setup port forwarding on the Linksys BEFSR11 router your computer needs to have a static IP address. You should complete one of the following steps first:
- Either try our free program that will setup a static IP address for you called PF Setup Static IP.
- Or follow our Static IP Address guide to setup a static IP address.
Now that you have setup a Static IP Address on your computer, please enter the IP address that you assigned to your computer here:
Login to the Linksys BEFSR11 Router
Now we need to know your routers IP address. You can find it a variety of ways.
How To Find Your Linksys BEFSR11 Router IP Address
It's ok if you don't know your Linksys BEFSR11 router's internal IP address. You can find it by doing one of the following:
- Either find your router IP address using this guide: How To Find Your Routers IP Address
- Or you can use our Free Software to find your router IP address. PF Static IP Address and PF Router Detector are both free software applications that will help you find your router IP address.
Login To The Linksys BEFSR11 Router Using Your Web Browser
Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.
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 Linksys BEFSR11 router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.1.1.
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
The Default Linksys BEFSR11 Router Username is: blank
The Default Linksys BEFSR11 Router Password is: admin
Click the Ok button to log in to your Linksys BEFSR11 router.
Default Usernames and Passwords for other Linksys Routers
Please visit our Default Linksys Router Passwords page if the username and password shown below did not work for you.
If you can't login to your router because you forgot your Linksys BEFSR11 router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Linksys BEFSR11 router back to its factory settings.
How to Port Forward BitComet on the Linksys BEFSR11
Having trouble forwarding ports on the Linksys BEFSR11?
If you are having trouble with this guide, then perhaps PFConfig may be your solution. PFConfig is a software tool that will automatically forward ports for your Linksys BEFSR11 router to save you time and hassle.
Linksys BEFSR11 Router Port Forwarding Screenshots
Now that you are logged in to your Linksys BEFSR11 router you should see the following:
Click the Advanced button near the right of the page.
The menu near the top should change. In this new menu, click Filters.
Put a dot into the Block WAN Request Disable radio button.
Click the Apply button near the bottom of the page.
Click the Forwarding button near the top of the page.
Forward Port 100000 on the Linksys BEFSR11
Forward User Defined Port on the Linksys BEFSR11
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. BitComet requires you to forward the following ports: 100000. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Forwarding menu.
| Customized Applications | Ext Port | Protocol TCP | Protocol UDP | IP Address | Enable |
| To | 192.168.1. |
When you're finished, click Apply near the bottom of the screen to save your changes.
And that's it! You're done!
Test if Your Ports are Open
Now that you have forwarded ports for BitComet on the Linksys BEFSR11 you should test to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.
To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Open Port Check tool. Our Open Port Check tool is the only online port checking tool with Guaranteed Results.
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