Simple FRITZ BOX 7430 Router Port Forwarding

Your FRITZ BOX 7430 router protects your home network by limiting incoming connections from the internet. Sometimes it is necessary to unblock some of those connections like when you want to create a direct connection for gaming, use a specific application, or set up a new device on your network. This process is called forwarding or opening a port. In your FRITZ BOX 7430 router you many need to open a port, which means assigning a port number or set of port numbers to a specific IP address. This routes the incoming data to the correct device on your network.

To open a port in your FRITZ BOX 7430 router, follow these important steps:

1. Set up a static IP address on the device or computer you are forwarding these ports to.
2. Login to your FRITZ BOX 7430 router.
3. Navigate to the Port Sharing section in your FRITZ BOX 7430 router.
   • Click the Internet tab at the left of the screen.
   • Click Permit Access.
4. Add or Edit the device you want to forward ports to.
5. Share (forward) ports to the selected device.

If this sounds difficult, you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the FRITZ BOX 7430 router.

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Step 1 - Setup A Static IP Address

In order to ensure that your ports remain open in your device even after it reboots, it is important to set up a static IP address in your device.

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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.

Step 2 - Login To Your FRITZ BOX Router

In order to login to the FRITZ BOX 7430 router you need to use a web browser. The FRITZ BOX 7430 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 7430 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 FRITZ BOX 7430 router's default IP address is: 192.168.1.254

Once you have finished entering your router's IP address into the address bar, click the enter button on your keyboard. A box similar to the one below should appear.

Enter the username and password for your FRITZ BOX 7430 router. Note: If you have changed these numbers in the past, you will need to enter in the those values.

• The default FRITZ BOX 7430 Router Username is: none
• The default FRITZ BOX 7430 Router Password is: printed on router

Once you have entered your username and password, remember to click the Log In button to login to your FRITZ BOX 7430 router.

FRITZ BOX Usernames and Passwords

If the username and password did not work, go to our Default FRITZ BOX Router Passwords page for help.

If, after trying the above list of passwords you still can't log in you may need to consider a reset for your router. Learn how to do that by reading our How to Reset a Router guide. **Note:**After resetting the FRITZ BOX 7430 router your username and password revert back to factory defaults.

Step 3 - Find The Port Sharing Section

After a successful login to the FRITZ BOX 7430 router you should be on the home page of your router. Now you need to find the Port Sharing section.

• Click the Internet tab, which is at the left of the screen.
• Click on Permit Access.

You should now be on a page that says Port Sharing.

Step 4 - Add or Edit a Device

If the device you want to forward ports for is already listed go ahead and edit it, then skip to the next step. Otherwise, you'll need to add the device you're wanting to forward ports to.

1. To start adding a device, click on the button that says Add Device for Sharing.

2. Select the device you're wanting to forward ports to from the Device list near the top of the page.

   • If the device you're wanting to forward ports to is not listed, select the Enter the IP address manually option and enter its address in to the IPv4 Address box.

That should be all you need to do here, onward to the last step.

Step 5 - Sharing (Forwarding) Ports to a Device

Forwarding ports in your router creates a path that allows data to get through your network firewall, and this could lead to malicious traffic on your network. So make sure that you must forward a port before actually doing so. However, the risk is very low, so do not let this warning stop you from making this change if you need to.

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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You should be on the Sharing for Device page for the device you're wanting to forward ports to. On this page, click on the button labeled New Sharing.

1. Make sure there's a dot in the Port Sharing radio button.

2. Select Other Application from the Application drop-down box. Then, type in a name for this forward in the Name box. Choose a name that will help you remember why this forward was set up since it does not affect the functionality of the forward.

3. Select the protocol type of the ports that you are forwarding from the Protocol dropdown box. If your router has the option of Both, then go ahead and select that. Otherwise, select either TCP or UDP as needed. If you need to forward a port for both TCP and UDP, but your router does not have Both, then you will need to create two entries.

4. Go ahead and enter the port number into the Port to device and the through Port boxes, to forward a single port. To forward a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the Port to device box and then enter the highest number of that range into the through Port box.

5. Enter the same values into the Port requested externally (IPv4) box that you entered into the Port to device box.

6. Make sure there's a check in the Enable sharing checkbox, then click the button that says OK.

Test Your Ports To See If They Are Open

Use our Network Utilities software, (which includes a free Open Port Checker tool) to test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the FRITZ BOX 7430 router correctly. 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.