The 100Fio Networks Station M5 router comes equipped with a very basic firewall that helps to protect your home network from undesirable Internet access. By default this firewall blocks incoming requests or connections. This is normally a good thing but sometimes you want a connection through your firewall for gaming or some other computer application. To create a connection through your firewall is to create an open port, also called a port forward.
To create an open port on the 100Fio Networks Station M5:
- First, you need to setup a static IP address on the specific device you want to forward the ports to.
- Then, you will login to your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router.
- Next, you navigate to the port forwarding section.
- Select the Advance link.
- Select the Virtual Server option.
- Finally, create a port forward entry.
Don't worry if this seems overwhelming. We will walk you through the steps to create an open port for your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router.
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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.
- Recommended - Our free Static IP Setter will set up a static IP address for you.
- 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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Step 2
This step involves logging into your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router. You can make changes to your router by using it's web interface. To use the web interface you need to open a web browser like Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox. It really doesn't matter which web browser you use.
At the top of the web browser you should see an address bar. It looks like this:
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 100Fio Networks Station M5 IP Address is: 192.168.2.10 Once you have entered the 100Fio Networks Station M5 IP Address press the enter key. It should lead you to the following screen:
Do you see a box asking you for your username and password.
- The Default 100Fio Networks Station M5 Router Username is: root
- The Default 100Fio Networks Station M5 Router Password is: default
Enter your username and password, and then click the Login or OK button to log in to your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router.
100Fio Networks Usernames and Passwords
If the default values given above did not work, check out our Default 100Fio Networks Router Passwords page.
If you still can't login to your router because you forgot your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router back to its factory settings.
Step 3
Next, we need to locate the port forwarding section in your 100Fio Networks Station M5 router. We begin on the Home page:
Select the Advance tab at the top of the page.
A new set of options should appear directly below. Choose Virtual Server from these options.
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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Make sure that the Virtual Server Enable radio button is selected.
Create a name for this forward and put it in the Description box. The name is only used as a reminder and has no effect on the port forward.
Enter the IP address to forward these ports to into the Private IP 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.
Select the protocol that you are forwarding in the Protocol Type radio button.
If you need both TCP and UDP forwarded then you need to create a duplicate configuration. One configuration has TCP selected and the other one has have UDP selected.
Enter the port to forward into the Private Port and the Public Port boxes.
Click the Save button when you are finished.
When you are done click the Save button to apply the changes you have made.
Test if Your Ports are Open
Now that you have forwarded ports on the 100Fio Networks Station M5 router you should test them to see if your ports are forwarded correctly.
In order to test if your port has been properly forwarded, use our Network Utilities tool, which includes a free Open Port Checker.
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