Simple Instructions to Help Setup a Port Forward on the Cradlepoint MBR1200 Router

Cradlepoint MBR1200 routers include a very basic firewall that helps protect your home network form unwanted access from the internet. Since this firewall blocks incoming connections you may need open a port through it for certain games and applications. This process of opening a port is frequently called a port forward, since you are forwarding a port from the internet to your home network.

The basic process to open a port is:

1. Setup a static IP address on either your computer or device that you want to forward a port to.
2. Login to your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router.
3. Navigate to the port forwarding section.
   • Click the Advanced link.
   • Click on Gaming.
4. Create a port forward entry.

While these steps might seem difficult at first, we will walk you through each step for your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router.

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Step 1

It is important to setup a static ip address in the device that you are forwarding a port to. This ensures that your ports will remain open even after your device reboots.

• Recommended - Our free Static IP Setter will set up a static IP address for you.
• Another way to get a permanent IP address is to set up a DHCP reservation.
• Or, manually create a static ip address with our Static IP Guides.

This step is important because you want a permanent IP address in your device. If you do not set up a permanent IP address in your device, then when you device reboots it may get a new IP address.

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Step 2

Now we are going to login to your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router. Your router has a web interface, so you will login to it using your web browser. This can be either Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Edge. It usually does not matter which browser you choose to use.

Open up your web browser and find the address bar. It should look something like this:

Above is an example of what a web browser address bar looks like. Find the address bar in your router and type in your router's IP address.

The default Cradlepoint MBR1200 IP Address is: 192.168.0.1

After entering the IP address of your router you can simply press enter. If all goes well you will see the following screen:

You should see a box prompting you for your username and password.

• The Default Cradlepoint MBR1200 Router Username is: none
• The Default Cradlepoint MBR1200 Router Password is: last 6 digits of MAC address found on bottom of device

Enter your username and password, and then click the Login button to log in to your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router.

Cradlepoint Usernames and Passwords

If your username and password do not work then please visit our Default Cradlepoint Router Passwords page.

If you still can't login to your router because you forgot your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Cradlepoint MBR1200 router back to its factory settings.

Step 3

Now we need to find the port forwarding section in your router. Here's how you do it. Starting from the first page in your router:

Click the Advanced link near the top of the page.

The menu on the left should change. In this new menu, click Gaming.

Step 4

Here are the ports to forward for Xbox Live:

• TCP Ports: 3074
• UDP Ports: 3074

If you are looking for the ports for a different application you can find it by either:

• Browsing our List of Games
• Check out our our List of Games by Genre
• See our List of all Applications

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Verify that you have the Enable checkbox checked.

Make up a name to put in the Name box. The name does not have any effect on the functionality of the forward, it's simply there so you can know why it was created.

Enter the IP address that you want to forward these ports to into the IP Address box. Note that if you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on a device other than your computer then you can enter your device's IP address into that box instead.

Put the ports to forward into the TCP Ports and UDP Ports box.

You can enter the ports as a list separated by commas, a range separated by hyphens, or a combination of both.

Pick Schedule from the Always dropdown box.

Use the Allow All dropdown box to choose Inbound Filter.

When you are all done click the Save button.

Your ports should now be open. It is time to test them.

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Cradlepoint MBR1200 you should test to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.

To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Network Utilities tool, which includes a free Open Port Checker. Our Open Port Check tool is the only online port checking tool with Guaranteed Results.