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Port Forwarding the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router for QNAP TS-219 Turbo NAS

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Before Forwarding a Port Setup a Static IP Address

To setup port forwarding on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 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:

Don't Skip This Step!

Login to the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router

Now we need to know your routers IP address. You can find it a variety of ways.

How To Find Your TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router IP Address

It's ok if you don't know your TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 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 TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 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 TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 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 TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router Username is: admin

The Default TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router Password is: admin

Click the Ok button to log in to your TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 router.

Default Usernames and Passwords for other TP-Link Routers

Please visit our Default TP-Link 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 TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 router back to its factory settings.

How to Port Forward QNAP TS-219 Turbo NAS on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

Having trouble forwarding ports on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3?

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 TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 router to save you time and hassle.

TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 Router Port Forwarding Screenshots

Now that you are logged in to your TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 router you should see the following:

Click the Forwarding link near the left of the page.

You should now see a new menu. In this new menu, click Virtual Servers.

Click the Add New button near the center of the page.

Forward Ports 20-22 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. QNAP TS-219 Turbo NAS requires you to forward the 20-22,25,80,137-139,443,445,548,873,3306,6000,6881-6999,8080,9000,13131,55536-56559 ports. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry menu and then click Save.

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Forward Port 25 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

You should see another page of settings that need to be entered into one of the blank lines on your routers Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry page. Go ahead and enter those settings and then click Save.

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Forward Port 80 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Ports 137-139 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 443 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 445 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 548 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 873 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 3306 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 6000 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Ports 6881-6999 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 8080 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 9000 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Port 13131 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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Forward Ports 55536-56559 on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3

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And that is it! You are done!

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports for QNAP TS-219 Turbo NAS on the TP-Link TL-WR542Gv3 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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