Netgear Genie R7000 Port Forwarding for Security DVR
You must check your DVR’s network menu and change the HTTP Port from 80
to 8080 if you need to utilize a different port number.
1) Access your router
You must access your router on your home network in order to make any
changes. To do this you need to find your Default Gateway(Router’s IP address) of
your network. You can follow this guide {here} to find your default gateway.
For this type of router, it is commonly 192.168.1.1. Type this IP
address directly into your internet browser bar to bring up the router login
screen. Here you will be prompted for your login credentials. If you do not
know your login credentials, you can check online for the manufacturer
default, or call your internet service provider..
2) Navigate to Port Forwarding Section
Once you have accessed your router, you will see two tabs at the top for
“Basic” and “Advanced.”
Choose “Advanced” to bring up choices on the left side of the screen.
Click on the “Advanced Setup” drop down menu and from here select the option
“Port Forwarding / Port Triggering.” This will bring up the menu we need to
create port rules in your router.
3) Create Port Forwarding Rules
First at the bottom of the menu there will be an icon for “add custom
service.” Click here to make your first rule. You will see several areas that
you need to fill out to create this rule. Let’s go through the steps and make
the first rule for port 8080.
3.1) Service name
This is the name you want to give your port rule. Make it
something easy to find and distinguish later, such as “port 8080.”
3.2) Service type
This is the type of service you are creating. Keep this TCP/UDP
3.3) External starting point and External ending point
Both of these options must be the port number you are creating the rule
for, in this case type 8080.
3.4) Internal Starting Port and Internal ending point
Again, both of these must be the port number you are creating the rule
for, in this case type 8080.
3.5) Internal IP address
This is the IP address of the device you are accessing with this port
rule. The device, you want internet traffic routed to. For this, you must type
in your DVR’s, NVR IP address, found in the DVR’s, NVR networking section.
After these steps are completed, hit “apply” to create this rule. You
have just created the necessary port rule for port 8080. Follow these steps
again and create a rule for port 37777, using the same steps but everywhere you
entered 8080 before, you would now enter 37777. If you have created these two
rules appropriately, you should be ready to access your DVR, NVR remotely either
online or through your phone.
4) Scanning your Ports
Last, you want to make sure that the rules you configured are applied to
your router and active, meaning that these ports are now open for use. You can
check if your ports are open by scanning the ports.
Go to GRC.com to scan for open ports on your internet connection. This must be
done from the same internet connection as to which the DVR, NVR is connected.
Click Proceed to begin, and wait for the next page to load.
When the page reloads, you will then type just the two port numbers in
the search bar separated by a comma such as "8080, 37777" not
"port 8080, port 37777." Click "User Specified
Custom Port Probe" to check for open ports on your router.
Look only at the status next to each port after the scan is complete
If the status next to the ports is "Open", then the port rules
should be applied correctly and you are done. If they say "Closed"
then the rules were not created properly or there is some other issue happening.
If they say "Stealth" however, this points to an issue with
your internet service provider (ISP). Your ISP is blocking these or all ports
from being used for whatever reason and you will have to contact them to
resolve this issue.
