Before Forwarding a Port Setup a Static IP Address
To setup port forwarding on the Netgear FVS114 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.
Login To The Netgear FVS114 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 Netgear FVS114 router.
By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.0.1.
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
The Default Netgear FVS114 Router Username is: admin
The Default Netgear FVS114 Router Password is: password
Click the Ok button to log in to your Netgear FVS114 router.
Default Usernames and Passwords for other Netgear Routers
If you can't login to your router because you forgot your Netgear FVS114 router username and password, use our
How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your
Netgear FVS114 router back to its factory settings.
How to Port Forward PS3 Overlord Raising Hell on the Netgear FVS114
Having trouble forwarding ports on the Netgear FVS114?
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 Netgear FVS114 router to save you time and hassle.
Netgear FVS114 Router Port Forwarding Screenshots
Now that you are logged in to your Netgear FVS114 router you should see the following:
Forward Port 5223 on the Netgear FVS114
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. PS3 Overlord Raising Hell requires
you to forward the following ports: 5223,3478,3479,3658. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Virtual Server menu.
Click Services in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add Custom Service.
Service Definition
Name:
Type:
Start Port:
Finish Port:
Enter a name for the program you are forwarding ports for into the Name box. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that number into theStart Port and End Port boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Start Portbox. Then enter the highest number of that range into the Finish Port box. Leave the protocol type set to TCP/UDP.When you are finished, click Apply.
Now, click Rules in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add in the Outbound or Inbound Services section. If you are unsure whether the program you are using will use these ports for inboundor outbound, repeat the process for both Inbound and Outbound.
Service
Action
Send to LAN Server
...
WAN Users
start:...
finish:...
Log
Select the service you previously made using the Service drop down box. Set Action to ALLOW always. Enter the IP address you want toforward these ports to in the Send to LAN Server boxes. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on your computer, you should enteryour computer's IP address into the Send to LAN Server boxes. WAN Users should be set to Any, unless you want to limit who can connectto these ports. This would be useful if, lets say, you only wanted your office computer to be able to FTP into your home computer. In that case youwould put your office computer's IP address into both the start and finish boxes. Generally Log should be set to never, unless of course you want to create a log of network activity. When you are finished, click Apply.
Forward Port 3478 on the Netgear FVS114
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Virtual Server page.
Go ahead and enter those settings now.
Click Services in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add Custom Service.
Service Definition
Name:
Type:
Start Port:
Finish Port:
Enter a name for the program you are forwarding ports for into the Name box. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that number into theStart Port and End Port boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Start Portbox. Then enter the highest number of that range into the Finish Port box. Leave the protocol type set to TCP/UDP.When you are finished, click Apply.
Now, click Rules in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add in the Outbound or Inbound Services section. If you are unsure whether the program you are using will use these ports for inboundor outbound, repeat the process for both Inbound and Outbound.
Service
Action
Send to LAN Server
...
WAN Users
start:...
finish:...
Log
Select the service you previously made using the Service drop down box. Set Action to ALLOW always. Enter the IP address you want toforward these ports to in the Send to LAN Server boxes. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on your computer, you should enteryour computer's IP address into the Send to LAN Server boxes. WAN Users should be set to Any, unless you want to limit who can connectto these ports. This would be useful if, lets say, you only wanted your office computer to be able to FTP into your home computer. In that case youwould put your office computer's IP address into both the start and finish boxes. Generally Log should be set to never, unless of course you want to create a log of network activity. When you are finished, click Apply.
Forward Port 3479 on the Netgear FVS114
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Virtual Server page.
Go ahead and enter those settings now.
Click Services in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add Custom Service.
Service Definition
Name:
Type:
Start Port:
Finish Port:
Enter a name for the program you are forwarding ports for into the Name box. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that number into theStart Port and End Port boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Start Portbox. Then enter the highest number of that range into the Finish Port box. Leave the protocol type set to TCP/UDP.When you are finished, click Apply.
Now, click Rules in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add in the Outbound or Inbound Services section. If you are unsure whether the program you are using will use these ports for inboundor outbound, repeat the process for both Inbound and Outbound.
Service
Action
Send to LAN Server
...
WAN Users
start:...
finish:...
Log
Select the service you previously made using the Service drop down box. Set Action to ALLOW always. Enter the IP address you want toforward these ports to in the Send to LAN Server boxes. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on your computer, you should enteryour computer's IP address into the Send to LAN Server boxes. WAN Users should be set to Any, unless you want to limit who can connectto these ports. This would be useful if, lets say, you only wanted your office computer to be able to FTP into your home computer. In that case youwould put your office computer's IP address into both the start and finish boxes. Generally Log should be set to never, unless of course you want to create a log of network activity. When you are finished, click Apply.
Forward Port 3658 on the Netgear FVS114
You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Virtual Server page.
Go ahead and enter those settings now.
Click Services in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add Custom Service.
Service Definition
Name:
Type:
Start Port:
Finish Port:
Enter a name for the program you are forwarding ports for into the Name box. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that number into theStart Port and End Port boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Start Portbox. Then enter the highest number of that range into the Finish Port box. Leave the protocol type set to TCP/UDP.When you are finished, click Apply.
Now, click Rules in the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click Add in the Outbound or Inbound Services section. If you are unsure whether the program you are using will use these ports for inboundor outbound, repeat the process for both Inbound and Outbound.
Service
Action
Send to LAN Server
...
WAN Users
start:...
finish:...
Log
Select the service you previously made using the Service drop down box. Set Action to ALLOW always. Enter the IP address you want toforward these ports to in the Send to LAN Server boxes. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on your computer, you should enteryour computer's IP address into the Send to LAN Server boxes. WAN Users should be set to Any, unless you want to limit who can connectto these ports. This would be useful if, lets say, you only wanted your office computer to be able to FTP into your home computer. In that case youwould put your office computer's IP address into both the start and finish boxes. Generally Log should be set to never, unless of course you want to create a log of network activity. When you are finished, click Apply.
And that is it! You are done!
Test if Your Ports are Open
Now that you have forwarded ports for PS3 Overlord Raising Hell on the Netgear FVS114 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.