Fastest Way to Forward Ports on the Huawei HG658c Router

An important aspect of having a Huawei router on your home network is internet security. In general, routers block incoming internet connections and protect your network by only allowing the connections that you specifically set up. Sometimes it is necessary to unblock certain connections in your router or open a port in order to play a game or use an application. To help you get a better connection for gaming or using an application, you can open a port in your HG658c and allow a direct connection.

The following steps will show you how to open ports on the Huawei HG658c router:

1. Set up a static IP address on the computer or device that you are forwarding ports to.
2. Login to your Huawei HG658c router.
3. Find the Port Forwarding section in your Huawei HG658c router.
   • Find the Advanced tab located near the left of the screen and click it.
   • Click the link that says NAT.
   • Click the Port Forwarding tab at the top of the screen.
4. Create a Port Forwarding entry.

The process of opening ports in your Huawei HG658c router may seem daunting. Remember, however, that you are not alone and do not have to feel discouraged. Let us walk you through the steps for opening ports in your router. Let's get this figured out!

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Step 1 - Setup A Static IP Address

It is important to set up a static IP address in the device that you are forwarding a port to. This ensures that your ports remain forwarded even after a reboot, power outage, or another type of device or router disconnect.

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• Or follow our Static IP Address guides to setup a static IP address.

After setting up a static ip address on your devices you need to login to your router.

Step 2 - Login To Your Huawei Router

In order to login to the Huawei HG658c router you need to use a web browser. The Huawei HG658c router uses what is called a web interface where you can access and control router settings.

Go ahead and open up your favorite web browser. If you don't have a favorite or are not sure what this means, open up Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

If this step is confusing, we have simplified it for you with this link: Login to your HG658c Router

Find the address bar once you have opened up a web browser. This is usually located at the top of the page, like in the image below.

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

The default IP address for the Huawei HG658c router is: 192.168.1.1

Once you have entered your router's IP address in the address bar go ahead and click the enter button on your keyboard. You should see a box like the one shown below.

Enter the username and password for your Huawei HG658c router. Note: If you have changed these numbers in the past, you will need to enter in the those values.

• The default Huawei HG658c Router Username is: vodafone
• The default Huawei HG658c Router Password is: vodafone

Once you have entered your username and password, remember to click the Login button to login to your Huawei HG658c router.

Huawei Usernames and Passwords

If the username and password did not work I recommend checking out our Default Huawei Router Passwords page.

If, after trying the above list of passwords you still can't login you may need to consider a reset for your router. Learn how to do that by reading our How to Reset a Router guide. After resetting the Huawei HG658c router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults.

Step 3 - Find The Port Forwarding Section

You should be on your routers home page once you complete logging in. Find the Port Forwarding section on the home page of the Huawei HG658c router.

• Click the Advanced tab at the left of the screen.
• Click on the NAT link.
• Find the Port Forwarding tab located near the top of the screen and click on it.

You should now be on a page that says Port Forwarding.

Step 4 - Create A Port Forward Entry

Make sure that you must open a port in your router before doing so since this will allow data to come through the firewall portion of your router to a specific device. It is possible that this could lead to malicious traffic on your network. However, don't let this warning stop you from making this change if you need it because the risk is very low.

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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1. Click on the New button at the top of the screen.

2. Click the Customization radio button.

3. Choose your internet connection from the Interface drop-down list.

4. Select the protocol type of the ports that you are forwarding from the Protocol dropdown box. If your router has the option of Both, then go ahead and select that. Otherwise, select either TCP or UDP as needed. If you need to forward a port for both TCP and UDP, but your router does not have Both, then you will need to create two entries.

5. To forward a single port, enter the port number into the External Start Port and the External End Port boxes. To forward a range of ports, enter the lowest number in the range into the External Start Port box. Then enter the highest number in the range into the External End Port box.

6. You need to enter the IP address that you are forwarding ports to into the Internal Host box. This can be either the IP address of your computer or any other IP address on your network that you want ports forwarded to.

7. Take the same values that you entered into the External Start Port box, and enter them into the Internal Port box.

8. Make up a name to put in the Port Forwarding 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.

9. When you are completely finished, click the Submit button at the bottom of the page to apply these changes.

Test Your Open Ports

Finally, test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the Huawei HG658c router correctly. To do this you can use Network Utilities, which includes a free Open Port Checker tool. Open Port Checker is the only online port-checking tool that has Guaranteed Results.

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