Forwarding Ports in Your Router for QNAP TS-559 Pro

You might need to forward some ports in your router when you use a QNAP TS-559 Pro device. By forwarding ports you allow connection requests coming from the internet to be directed to a QNAP TS-559 Pro device.

By default routers do not allow incoming network requests. By forwarding ports you can work around this limitation.

Before forwarding a port make sure that you know these things:

• Your router's IP address.
• Your NAS'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.
• Verify that your VPN provider uses WireGuard as the underlying protocol.
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You can run our free Router Detector software to locate your router's IP address. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

If you do not want to run the software, you can follow our Find Your Router IP Address guide.

You can use our Network Utilities software to automatically forward ports for you. Network Utilities lets you manage port forwards by putting them in when you need them and also removing the ones that you no longer need which maximized network security.

Another option is to go through the process of forwarding ports one step at a time. The process for forwarding a port is:

• Log in to your router.
• Locate the section in your router that deals with port forwarding.
• Put your NAS's IP address in the proper box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports that you are forwarding for a QNAP TS-559 Pro device in the correct 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 a QNAP TS-559 Pro device:

List of Routers - Customized for QNAP TS-559 Pro

The ports that need to be forwarded for a QNAP TS-559 Pro device are listed here:

QNAP TS-559 Pro - PC

• TCP: 21-22, 25, 80, 443, 445, 873, 3306, 6881-6999, 8080, 9000, 13131, 55536-56559
• UDP: 6881-6999

Those are the steps for forwarding ports in your router for a QNAP TS-559 Pro device.

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