Setting up port forwarding on your EE Smart Hub Pro Mac OS Sonoma

Setting up port forwarding

You can open and forward the router ports to a computer or game console on your local network. Remember, you need to know the IP address of the device you want to forward the ports to and establish a connection to the router web interface.

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Click Advanced settings.

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Click Firewall and, if required, follow the instructions on the screen to key in the administrator password.

You can see the administrator password behind the cover on the back of your router.

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Click Create a new port forwarding rule.

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Click the field below "Rule name" and key in the required name.

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Click Select device....

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Click the required device to which the external port numbers are to be forwarded.

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Click Set.

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Click Show IP address.

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Click Enter IP Address....

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Click the fields and key in the IP address of the device to which the external port numbers are to be forwarded.

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Click Set.

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Click the fields below "External ports" and key in the external port numbers to open in the required interval, e.g. 6000-6100.

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Click the fields below "Internal ports" and key in the internal port numbers to open in the required interval, e.g. 6000-6100.

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Click Select... below “Protocol”.

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Click the required protocol type.

If you don't know which setting to select, select "TCP/UDP".

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Click Set.

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Click Save to add and save the port forwarding.

EE Smart Hub Pro

Setting up port forwarding

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