Simple Icotera i6850 Router Port Forwarding

Your Icotera i6850 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 Icotera i6850 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.

The following steps will show you how to open ports on the Icotera i6850 router:

1. On the computer or device that you are forwarding ports to, you will need to set up a static IP address.
2. Login to your Icotera i6850 router.
3. Find the Port Forwarding section in your Icotera i6850 router.
   • Find the Port Forwarding link at the left of the screen and click it.
4. Go ahead and create a Port Forwarding entry.

If this sounds difficult, you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the Icotera i6850 router.

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Step 1 - Setup A Static IP Address

If you want to ensure that your ports remain open even after your device reboots, set up a static IP address in the device that you are opening a port for.

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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 Icotera Router

The Icotera i6850 router uses a web interface to display router settings. In order to login to the Icotera i6850 router you need to use a web browser.

Open 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 you are already in a browser window, go ahead and open up a new tab.

We have simplified this step for you with this link: Login to your i6850 Router

Find the address bar in your browser window. This is usually found 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 Icotera i6850 router's default IP address is: 192.168.1.1

After typing your router's IP address into the address bar, make sure to click the enter button on your keyboard. You should see a box similar to the one shown below.

To login, enter the username and password for the Icotera i6850s. Important Note: If you have changed them in the past, you need to enter in those values.

• The default Icotera i6850 Router Username is: admin
• The default Icotera i6850 Router Password is: admin

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

Icotera Usernames and Passwords

If the username and password did not work, go to our Default Icotera 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 Icotera i6850 router your username and password revert back to factory defaults.

Step 3 - Find The Port Forwarding Section

After a successful login to the Icotera i6850 router you should be on the home page of your router. Now you need to find the Port Forwarding section.

• Find the Port Forwarding link at the left of the screen and click it.

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

Step 4 - Create A Port Forward Entry

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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1. In the Name 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.

2. Select the protocol type of the ports that you are forwarding from the Protocols 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.

3. To forward a single port, enter the port number into both Ext. ports boxes. To forward a range of ports, enter the lowest number in the range into the left Ext. ports box. Then enter the highest number in the range into the right Ext. ports box.

4. In the Int. IP box, enter the IP address that you want ports forwarded to. This may be the IP address of your computer or the IP address of another device on your network that you want to forward ports to.

5. Take the values that you entered in the left Ext. ports box and put the exact same numbers in the Int. port box.

6. Put a check in the Enabled box.

7. When you are completely finished, click the Apply button at the bottom of the page to apply these changes.

Test Your Open Ports

Finally, test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the Icotera i6850 router correctly. To do this you can use Network Utilities, which includes a free Open Port Checker tool. Open Port Checker is the only online port-checking tool that has Guaranteed Results.

More Guides To Check Out:

• We have software that does all of this and more called Network Utilities.
• Learn how to Setup your router.
• A full list of games and applications that require port forwarding.