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Understand the risksīy opening a port, you are exposing a device to unsolicited traffic from the Internet. Higher end routers may operate differently. those devices that include a built-in firewall, NAT and, usually, Wi-Fi). These tips apply to a home network and mostly to consumer grade routers (i.e.

Check for instructions for your router.

The application/game must be running when using a port checker.

You generally only need to open ports for incoming traffic.

The router MUST have a public IP address.

For any given port, use port forwarding or UPnP, but not both.

Avoid port forwarding, unless absolutely necessary (e.g.

#3 and #4 are the top reasons people have trouble with port forwarding. TL DR This is super long, but if I have to distill it down, it would be the following. We get a lot of posts asking for help with port forwarding. u/RoweDent created this awesome resource on network theory u/tht1kidd_ has created a suggestion post regarding information everyone needs to provide when asking a question about their network There have been some excellent guides written in this sub, and we're always looking for more!

#Port forwarding utility mods#

If you wish for your flair to be changed, please message the mods and we'll be happy to change it for you. Proof of at least 6 month's history of posting in this subredditĪs a result of this, users are now no longer able to edit their own flair. Your highest level of industry certification, or highest IT related job title held in the last 5 years to a comment you made in the last 6 months, helping someone in the community To obtain trusted flair for your account please message the mods of /r/HomeNetworking with the following info

#Port forwarding utility verification#

Trusted user flair has been added as a means of verification that a user has a substantial knowledge of networking. Please flair your posts as Solved, Unsolved, or simply Advice. If you can't find what you're looking for with the search function please feel free to post a new question after reading the posting guidelines Please use the search function to look for keywords related to what you want to ask before posting since most common issues have been answered.