Simple Instructions to Help Setup a Port Forward on the Icotera i4850 Router

A Icotera i4850 router protects your home network by blocking unwanted incoming internet connections and acting as a basic firewall. Sometimes you need to open a port in your router in order to get a good connection for a game or to use a specific device on your network. The i4850 lets you choose the applications that are allowed to connect through an open port. By opening a port in your router you allow a specific application or game to send data from the internet to your home network.

You need to follow the steps below to open ports in your Icotera i4850 router:

1. Go ahead and set up a static IP address on the computer or device that you are forwarding these ports to.
2. Login to your Icotera i4850 router.
3. Make your way to the Port Forwarding section of the Icotera i4850 router.
   • Click on the Port Forwarding link, which is at the left of the screen.
4. Go ahead and create a Port Forwarding entry.

If the process of forwarding ports in your router seems difficult to you, you are not alone! Do not get discouraged. Let us walk you through the steps for opening a port in the Icotera i4850 router. Just follow along as we lead you through the process of opening a port in your router.

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Step 1

In order to keep the ports in your router open, even after a reboot or disconnect, it is important to set up a static IP address in the device that you are forwarding a port to.

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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

In order to login to the Icotera i4850 router you need to use a web browser. The Icotera i4850 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 i4850 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 Icotera i4850 router's default IP address is: 192.168.0.1

Enter your router's IP address into the address bar of your browser and click the enter button on your keyboard. A box like the one below should appear.

Go ahead and enter the username and password for the Icotera i4850 router in the spaces available. Remember if you have changed them in the past, you need to enter those values.

• The default Icotera i4850 Router Username is: admin
• The default Icotera i4850 Router Password is: admin

Enter your username and password, and then click the Log In button to log in to your Icotera i4850 router.

Icotera Usernames and Passwords

If the username and password did not work I recommend checking out our Default Icotera 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 Icotera i4850 router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults.

Step 3

After a successful login to the Icotera i4850 router you should be on the home page of your router. Now you need to find the Port Forwarding section.

• Click the Port Forwarding link at the left of the screen.

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

Step 4

Opening a port to a specific device may solve problems that you are having on your network. Make sure that it is necessary though, before opening a port, because you are effectively creating a pinhole in the firewall portion of your router that could lead to malicious traffic on your network. The risk is exceedingly low, though, so don't let this warning stop you from making this change if you need it.

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. Create a name for this forward and type it into the Name box. Since the name does not have an effect on the functionality of the forward, choose a name that will help you remember why the forward was created.

2. Select the protocol type of the ports that you are forwarding from the Protocols 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.

3. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that port number into the left Ext. ports and the right Ext. ports boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the left Ext. ports box. Then enter the highest number of that range into the right Ext. ports box.

4. You need to enter the IP address that you are forwarding ports to into the Int. IP 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.

5. Take the values that you entered in the left Ext. ports box and put the exact same numbers in the Int. port box.

6. Make sure that the box called Enabled is checked.

7. Click the Save and Apply buttons at the bottom of the page when you are completely finished to apply these changes.

Test Your Open Ports

Finally, test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the Icotera i4850 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.

More Guides To Check Out:

• We have software that does all of this and more called Network Utilities.
• Learn how to Setup your router.
• A full list of games and applications that require port forwarding.