Fastest Way to Forward Ports on the SmartRG SR516ac Router

A SmartRG SR516ac 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.

In order to open ports in your SmartRG SR516ac router, you need to:

1. Set up a static IP address on the computer or device that you are forwarding ports to.
2. Go ahead and log in to your SmartRG SR516ac router.
3. In your SmartRG SR516ac router, navigate to the Virtual Servers section.
   • Click on the Advanced Setup link at the left of the screen.
   • Click on NAT.
   • Click Virtual Servers.
4. Go ahead and create a Virtual Servers entry.

If the process of forwarding ports in your router seems difficult to you, you are not alone! Do not get discouraged. Let us walk you through the steps for opening a port in the SmartRG SR516ac router. Just follow along as we lead you through the process of opening a port in your router.

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It is important to set up a static IP address in the device that you are forwarding a port to. This ensures that your ports remain forwarded even after a reboot, power outage, or another type of device or router disconnect.

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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.

In order to login to the SmartRG SR516ac router you need to use a web browser. The SmartRG SR516ac router uses what is called a web interface where you can access and control router settings.

Go ahead and open up your favorite web browser. If you don't have a favorite or are not sure what this means, open up Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

If this step is confusing, we have simplified it for you with this link: Login to your SR516ac Router

Find the address bar once you have opened up a web browser. This is usually located at the top of the page, like in the image below.

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 SmartRG SR516ac router's default IP address is: http://192.168.42.1/admin

Enter your router's IP address into the address bar of your browser and click the enter button on your keyboard. A box like the one below should appear.

To login, enter the username and password for the SmartRG SR516acs. Important Note: If you have changed them in the past, you need to enter in those values.

• The default SmartRG SR516ac Router Username is: admin
• The default SmartRG SR516ac Router Password is: same as wireless, printed on router

Once you enter your username and password, click the Login button.

If the username and password did not work I recommend checking out our Default SmartRG 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 SmartRG SR516ac router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults.

You should be on your routers home page once you complete logging in. Find the Virtual Servers section on the home page of the SmartRG SR516ac router.

• Click on the Advanced Setup link at the left of the screen.
• Click on NAT.
• Click Virtual Servers.

You should now be on a page that says Virtual Servers.

Opening a port to a specific device may solve problems that you are having on your network. Make sure that it is necessary though, before opening a port, because you are effectively creating a pinhole in the firewall portion of your router that could lead to malicious traffic on your network. The risk is exceedingly low, though, so don't let this warning stop you from making this change if you need it.

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 adding an entry, click on the Add button.

1. If you have more than one interface, select the interface this is for in the Use Interface drop-down list.

2. Click the radio button labeled Custom Service.

3. In the Custom Service 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.

4. You need to enter the IP address that you are forwarding ports to into the Server IP Address box. This can be either the IP address of your computer or any other IP address on your network that you want ports forwarded to.

5. Make the Enable selection in the Status drop-down list.

6. Enter the port number into the External Port Start and the External Port End boxes to forward a single port. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the External Port Start box and then enter the highest number of that range into the External Port End box.

7. 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.

8. Enter the same values into the Internal Port Start box that you entered into the External Port Start box.

9. Make sure to click the Apply/Save button at the bottom of the page to apply these changes, when you are completely finished.

Finally, I strongly recommend testing to see if you forwarded the SmartRG SR516ac ports correctly. To do this you can use our Network Utilities tool, which includes a free Open Port Checker. Open Port Checker is the only online port checking tool that has Guaranteed Results.

Check Out These Helpful Guides:

• Our software called Network Utilities does all of this and more.
• Find detailed tips on how to Setup your router.
• A great list of games and applications that require port forwarding along with their related port numbers.