How to Open a Port in Your Router for LDC++

You might need to forward some ports in your router when you use LDC++. By forwarding ports you allow connection requests coming from the internet to be directed to LDC++.

Routers do not generally allow incoming connection requests from the internet. By forwarding a port you can overcome this limitation.

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

• The internal IP address of your router.
• Your download client's IP address.
• A list of TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

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• Check that your VPN will not affect your speed.
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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. The software is part of our Network Utilities suite of tools and it is completely free to use.

Otherwise, you can follow our guide Find Your Router IP Address.

We have Network Utilities software that can 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 process for forwarding a port is:

• Start by logging in to your router.
• Locate your routers port forwarding section.
• Type the IP address of your download client into the correct box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for LDC++ in the corresponding 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 LDC++:

List of Routers - Customized for LDC++

The following ports need to be forwarded for LDC++:

LDC++ - PC

• TCP: User configured
• UDP: User configured

Those are the steps to take in order to forward ports in your router for LDC++.

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