Easiest Way to Get an Open Port on the SmartRG SR516ac Router

A SmartRG SR516ac router protects your home network by blocking unwanted incoming internet connections and acting as a basic firewall. Sometimes you need to open a port in your router in order to get a good connection for a game or to use a specific device on your network. The SR516ac lets you choose the applications that are allowed to connect through an open port. By opening a port in your router you allow a specific application or game to send data from the internet to your home network.

Follow these steps to open a port in your SmartRG SR516ac router:

1. On the computer or device that you are forwarding ports to, you will need to set up a static IP address.
2. Go ahead and log in to your SmartRG SR516ac router.
3. In your SmartRG SR516ac router, navigate to the Virtual Servers section.
   • Find the Advanced Setup link at the left of the screen and click it.
   • Click on NAT.
   • Click on Virtual Servers.
4. Create a Virtual Servers entry.

If this sounds difficult, you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the SmartRG SR516ac router.

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After setting up a static ip address on your devices you need to login to your router.

The SmartRG SR516ac router uses a web interface to display router settings. In order to login to the SmartRG SR516ac 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 SR516ac 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 SmartRG SR516ac router's default IP address is: 192.168.1.1

Enter your router's IP address into the address bar of your browser and click the enter button on your keyboard. A box like the one below should appear.

Go ahead and enter the username and password for the SmartRG SR516ac router in the spaces available. Remember if you have changed them in the past, you need to enter those values.

• The default SmartRG SR516ac Router Username is: admin
• The default SmartRG SR516ac Router Password is: admin

Enter your username and password, and then click the Login button to log in to your SmartRG SR516ac router.

If the username and password did not work I recommend checking out our Default SmartRG Router Passwords page.

If, after trying the above list of passwords you still can't login you may need to consider a reset for your router. Learn how to do that by reading our How to Reset a Router guide. After resetting the SmartRG SR516ac router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults.

You should be on the home page of your SmartRG SR516ac router once you have successfully logged in. Find the Virtual Servers section of your router.

• Find the Advanced Setup link at the left of the screen and click on it.
• Click on NAT.
• Click Virtual Servers.

You should now be on a page called Virtual Servers.

Make sure that you must open a port in your router before doing so since this will allow data to come through the firewall portion of your router to a specific device. It is possible that this could lead to malicious traffic on your network. However, don't let this warning stop you from making this change if you need it because the risk is very low.

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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To start adding an entry, click on the button called Add.

1. If you have more than one interface, select the interface this is for in the Use Interface drop-down list.

2. Click on the radio button labeled Custom Service.

3. Put a name for this forward in the Custom Service box so that you can remember why you set this forward up. The name does not matter, so pick something that has meaning to you.

4. Find the Server IP Address box and enter the IP address that you want ports forwarded to. This can be either the IP address of your computer or any other IP address for devices on your network that you want to forward ports for.

5. Select Enable from the Status drop-down box.

6. If you are forwarding a single port, enter that port number into the External Port Start and the External Port End boxes. If you are forwarding a range of ports, enter the lowest number of that range into the External Port Start box. Then enter the highest number of that range into the External Port End box.

7. 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.

8. Enter the exact same values that you put in the External Port Start box, into the Internal Port Start box.

9. Click the Apply/Save button at the bottom of the page when you are completely finished to apply these changes.

Finally, test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the SmartRG SR516ac 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.