Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for BeamDog Client

You may need to forward ports in your router when you use BeamDog Client. A port forward allows incoming connection requests from the internet to go straight to BeamDog Client.

By default routers do not allow incoming network requests. A port forward can overcome this limitation.

Make sure that you know these things before forwarding a port:

• Your router's IP address.
• Your computer's internal IP address.
• The TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

Use a VPN Instead

Have you considered using a VPN instead of forwarding a port? For most users, a VPN is a much simpler and more secure choice than forwarding a port.

We use and recommend NordVPN because not only is it the fastest VPN, it includes a new feature called Meshnet that makes forwarding a port no longer necessary for most applications. With NordVPN Meshnet, you can connect to your devices from anywhere in the world, completely secure, over a highly encrypted VPN tunnel.

When shopping for a VPN, make sure that they meet the following criteria:

• Your VPN provider should have a no-logs policy. This means that they do not keep any logs of any kind.
• Make sure that your VPN provider has lots of exit nodes all around the world.
• Check that your VPN will not affect your speed.
• Verify that your VPN provider uses WireGuard as the underlying protocol.
• Many people prefer a VPN provider that is not based in the United States.

This is the list of requirements that we used when we were shopping around for a VPN provider. There are lots of free, shady VPN providers out there that we looked at and dismissed.

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Once you've set up your NordVPN account on multiple computers and enabled Meshnet, you can seamlessly access all of your devices as if they were on the same network. You don't even have to log in to your router. It's very simple.

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The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

If you do not want to run the software, you can follow our Find Your Router IP Address guide.

You can use our Network Utilities software to automatically forward ports for you. Our Network Utilities software allows you to add port forwards and also remove them when you no longer need them to maximize your network security.

Port forwarding can also be set up step-by-step by hand. The normal process for forwarding a port is:

• Begin by logging in to your router.
• Locate the section in your router that deals with port forwarding.
• Type the IP address of your computer into the correct box in your router.
• It is now time to type the TCP and UDP ports that you are forwarding for BeamDog Client in the correct boxes in your router.

You probably will need to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for BeamDog Client:

List of Routers - Customized for BeamDog Client

Here is a list of the ports that need to be forwarded for BeamDog Client:

BeamDog Client - PC

• TCP: 5672, 6969, 49152
• UDP: 5672, 6969, 49152

That is the process required to forward ports in your router for BeamDog Client.

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