Simply run UPnP PortMapper and click the Connect button which will start searching for routers in your network, connect to it and get all the port mappings. UPnP PortMapper is a Java application that can run on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X as long as you have Java installed. If for some unknown reasons the ports are not being mapped, here are 3 tools which you can use to automatically and easily create port forwarding on your router. The screenshot below shows uTorrent successfully mapped both UDP and TCP port 59155. In uTorrent, the Logger tab shows if the a port has been successfully mapped using UPnP when a download is started. Some software that supports UPnP automatically enables this feature by default while some have options allowing you to choose whether to use it or not.Īn example is uTorrent where you can find the options to enable UPnP Port Mapping and NAT-PMP port mapping in is preferences.Īfter enabling UPnP port mapping, it is equally important to make sure that it is working.
Using UPnP is the easiest way to forward a port without making any configuration changes on the router.
Upnp port forward utility how to#
In this article well show you how to add or check port forwarding in your router using a software and also to manage the port mappings of a UPnP router. Instead of connecting the router using a telnet client to view the text-based settings and manually typing commands to add a configuration, port forwarding is pretty much automatic these days thanks to Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).įor automatic port forwarding using UPnP to work, both the software and router must support this feature.
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