How to Open Ports in a Netgear DG814 Router

Did you know the Netgear DG814 router has an extremely basic firewall that helps protect your home network from unwanted Internet activity. The firewall works by blocking incoming and outgoing connections that are not authorized. In order to authorize more connections you need to create a port forward. A port forward is needed when online games or applications are not running as smoothly as they should.

In this guide we will show you how to port forward on the Netgear DG814 router. I will show you how to:

How to setup a static IP address on the device you plan on forwarding these ports to.
How to login to the Netgear DG814 router web interface.
How to find the port forwarding page in the router's web interface.
How to setup a port forward for the online game or program of your choice.

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Step 1

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.

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Another way to get a permanent IP address is to set up a DHCP reservation.
Or, manually create a static ip address with our Static IP Guides.

This step is important because you want a permanent IP address in your device. If you do not set up a permanent IP address in your device, then when you device reboots it may get a new IP address.

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TIP: Write this static IP address down. You need it in Step 4.

Step 2

Now we are going to login to your Netgear DG814 router. Your router has a web interface, so you login using your web browser. This can be either Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Edge. It usually does not matter which browser you choose to use.

Open up your web browser and find the address bar. It should look something like this:

Image of a browser address bar — Browser address bar

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

The default Netgear DG814 IP Address is: 192.168.0.1

After entering the IP address of your router you can simply press enter. If all goes well you will see the following screen:

You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. If you do not, you need to find out what the router's IP address is currently. To do this follow the instructions on the How To Find Your Router's IP Address page.

The Default Netgear DG814 Router Username is: admin
The Default Netgear DG814 Router Password is: password

Enter your username and password, and then click the Login button to access to your Netgear DG814 router.

Netgear Usernames and Passwords

If your username and password do not work then please visit our Default Netgear Router Passwords page.

Try and guess what your router's password has been changed to. Use our Find Password App to make this step easier.

If you still can't login to your router because you forgot your Netgear DG814 router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Netgear DG814 router back to its factory settings.

Step 3

Now we need to find the port forwarding section in your router. Here's how you do it. Starting from the first page in your router:

Begin by clicking the Port Forwarding link in the left sidebar.

Click the Add Custom Service button near the bottom of the page.

You are now on the correct page to make a port forward.

Step 4

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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Put a checkmark in the Enable checkbox.

Enter the name of the program into the Service Name box. It doesn't really matter what you put into this box, but something that will remind you why these ports are being forwarded is be a good idea.

If you are just forwarding a single port number then you can simply enter that same number into both the Starting Port and the Ending Port boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, usually separated by a hyphen, then you need to enter the lowest number of that range into the Starting Port box and then enter highest number into the Ending Port box.

Enter the IP address to forward these ports to into the Server IP Address box. If you are forwarding ports so you can run a program on a device other than your computer then you can enter your device's IP address into that box.

When you are done click the Add button.

Your ports should now be open. It is time to test them.

Test if Your Ports are Open

Now that you have forwarded ports on the Netgear DG814 you should test to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.

To test if your port has been properly forwarded, you can use our Network Utilities tool, which includes a free Open Port Checker. Our Open Port Check tool is the only online port checking tool with Guaranteed Results.