A Linksys WRT54G router contains a basic firewall to help protect your home network. A Firewall blocks incoming connections by nature. Sometimes you need to unblock some of these connections so you can run a game or application. This is called opening a port or port forwarding. Port forwarding is literally forwarding a port from the Internet to your home network.
To open Linksys WRT54G ports you need to:
If this sounds difficult you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the Linksys WRT54G router.
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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.
It is time to login to the Linksys WRT54G router. To do this you need to use a web browser because the Linksys WRT54G router uses what is called a web interface.
It normally doesn't matter what web browser you use so go ahead and open up your favorite. If you don't have a favorite or are confused, open up Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer.
Once you have opened up a web browser, find the address bar. This is usually at the top of the page like the image below shows.
In the screenshot above you should see an address bar with the address of 192.168.1.1 in it. Go ahead and erase the address you see currently in your address bar and replace it with the router's IP address.
Note: A Router's Default IP Address is also commonly called the Computer's Default Gateway.
The Linksys WRT54G router's default IP Address is: 192.168.1.1
Once you have finished entering your router's IP address in the address bar click the enter button on your keyboard. A box similar to the one below should appear:
In this box you should see a space for a username and password.
Go ahead and enter the username and password for the Linksys WRT54G router in the spaces available. Remember if you have changed them in the past, you need to enter those values.
Enter your username and password, and then click the Login button to log in to your Linksys WRT54G router.
If the username and password did not work I recommend checking out our Default Linksys 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 Linksys WRT54G router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults.
After a successful login to the Linksys WRT54G router you need to find the port forwarding section. We begin on the home page of your router.
First, you click the Security option at the top of the page.
You should now be on a page that says Firewall in the left sidebar of the page.
Now click the option at the top of the page labeled Applications & Gaming.
A new menu just below the black bar should appear. Select the option of Port Range Forward.
Congratulations, you are on the correct page to forward some ports. Now, to show you exactly how to do this you need to answer the following 2 questions:
| Application | : |
| IP Address | : |
(Make sure you enter the IP Address you setup in Step 1. This is the IP Address you are forwarding your ports to.)
Below is our router simulator. It will show you exactly what data to enter where based on the 2 questions you answered above. Right now we are showing the ports for XBox Live.
Fill out the boxes on your router as you see them below.
When you are completely finished, click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page to apply these changes.
Finally, I strongly recommend testing to see if you forwarded the Linksys WRT54G ports correctly. To do this you can use our Network Utilities tool, which includes a free Open Port Checker. This Open Port Checker is the only online port checking tool that has Guaranteed Results
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| Application | Start | End | Protocol | IP Address | Enable |
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