Your Netgate 1537 router protects your home network by limiting incoming connections from the internet. Sometimes it is necessary to unblock some of those connections like when you want to create a direct connection for gaming, use a specific application, or set up a new device on your network. This process is called forwarding or opening a port. In your Netgate 1537 router you many need to open a port, which means assigning a port number or set of port numbers to a specific IP address. This routes the incoming data to the correct device on your network.
In order to open ports in your Netgate 1537 router, you need to:
- Go ahead and set up a static IP address on the computer or device that you are forwarding these ports to.
- Log in to your Netgate 1537 router.
- Find the Port Forward section in your Netgate 1537 router.
- Click on the Firewall tab, which is at the top of the screen.
- Click on NAT.
- Create a Port Forward entry.
If this sounds difficult, you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the Netgate 1537 router.
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Setup A Static IP Address
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.
Login To Your Netgate Router
Log in to your Netgate 1537 router. To log in you will need to use a web browser since the Netgate 1537 uses a web interface to access router configurations.
Open up whichever internet browser that you are comfortable with. If you are not sure which one to use, then go ahead and open Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
To help with confusion, we have simplified this step for you with this link: Login to your 1537 Router
Once you have opened a web browser, find the address bar which is usually located at the top of the screen. The image below shows an example of this.
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 Netgate 1537 router's default IP address is: 192.168.1.1
Once you have finished entering your router's IP address into the address bar, click the enter button on your keyboard. A box similar to the one below should appear.
Go ahead and enter the username and password for the Netgate 1537 router in the spaces available. Remember if you have changed them in the past, you need to enter those values.
- The default Netgate 1537 Router Username is: admin
- The default Netgate 1537 Router Password is: pfsense
Enter your username and password, and then click the Sign In button to log in to your Netgate 1537 router.
Netgate Usernames and Passwords
If the username and password did not work, go to our Default Netgate Router Passwords page for help.
If, after trying the above list of passwords you still can't log in you may need to consider a reset for your router. Learn how to do that by reading our How to Reset a Router guide. **Note:**After resetting the Netgate 1537 router your username and password revert back to factory defaults.
Find the Port Forwarding Section
You should be on your routers home page once you complete logging in. Find the Port Forward section on the home page of the Netgate 1537 router.
- Click on the Firewall tab, which is at the top of the screen.
- Click on NAT.
You should now be on a page that says Port Forward.
Create A Port Forward
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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To start creating an entry, Click the button called Add.
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Choose WAN from the Interface drop-down list.
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Select IPv4 from the Address Family drop-down if this forward is for an IPv4 address, or select IPv6 if this is for an IPv6 address.
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In the Protocol dropdown box, select the protocol type of the ports you are forwarding. Choose Both if your router has that option. Otherwise, choose either TCP or UDP as needed. If you need to forward a port for both TCP and UDP and your router does not have the Both option, then you need to create two entries.
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In the Destination port range section, select Other from both the From port and To port drop-down boxes.
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Still in the Destination port range section, To forward a single port, enter the port number into the From port and the To port boxes. To forward a range of ports, enter the lowest number in the range into the From port box. Then enter the highest number in the range into the To port box.
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Select Single host from the Redirect target IP Type drop-down box.
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Go ahead and enter the IP address that you are forwarding ports to into the Redirect target IP Address box. It is possible for this to be either the IP address of your computer or of any other device on your network that you want ports forwarded to.
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Choose Other from the Redirect target port drop-down box.
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Enter the exact same values that you put in the Destination port range From port box, into the Redirect target port Custom box.
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In the Description box, type in a name for this forward. This will serve as a reminder to you in the future as to why this forward was set up, so give it a name that makes sense to you.
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Choose Add associated filter rule from the Filter rule association drop-down box.
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Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to apply these changes when you are completely finished.
Test Your Ports To See If They Are Open
Use our Network Utilities software, (which includes a free Open Port Checker tool) to test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the Netgate 1537 router correctly. Open Port Checker is the only online port checking tool that has Guaranteed Results.
Other Guides You May Be Interested In:
- We have software called Network Utilities that do all of this and more.
- Learn more about how to Setup your router.
- A full listing of all our games and applications that require port forwarding.
