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To setup port forwarding on the Planex BRL-04UR router your computer needs to have a static IP address. You should complete one of the following steps first:
Now that you have setup a Static IP Address on your computer, please enter the IP address that you assigned to your computer here:
Now we need to know your routers IP address. You can find it a variety of ways.
It's ok if you don't know your Planex BRL-04UR router's internal IP address. You can find it by doing one of the following:
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 Planex BRL-04UR 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.
Click the Ok button to log in to your Planex BRL-04UR router.
Please visit our Default Planex 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 Planex BRL-04UR router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Planex BRL-04UR router back to its factory settings.
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 Planex BRL-04UR router to save you time and hassle.
Now that you are logged in to your Planex BRL-04UR router you should see the following:
Click the Advanced link near the left of the page.
You should now see a new menu. In this new menu, click Virtual Server.
We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. XBOX360 Defense Grid The Awakening requires you to forward the 3074 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Virtual Server menu and then click Apply.
| Enabled Disabled | |
| Name | |
| Private IP | |
| Protocol Type | |
| Private Port | |
| Public Port | |
| Schedule | Always |
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 and then click Apply.
| Enabled Disabled | |
| Name | |
| Private IP | |
| Protocol Type | |
| Private Port | |
| Public Port | |
| Schedule | Always |
And that is it! You are done!
Now that you have forwarded ports for XBOX360 Defense Grid The Awakening on the Planex BRL-04UR 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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