Gaming Settings for D-Link Device | Port Forwarding

When you receive data packets from other computer devices, you will need to open some ports for that. When you open some ports for your computer device, you can easily receive data packets at your network. If you are not opening ports, you will not able to get accurate gaming packets. In this article we are going to explain some simple steps so that you can easily manage the port forwarding settings for your devices. 

Steps to Get Gaming Settings for D-Link Devices 

·         If you want to get gaming settings for your dlink wifi extender 1520 then you will need to connect a laptop with your extender device. Even if you want port forwarding for dlink router, you will need a device for that. 

Note: you will need this computer device so that you can first access the dlink DAP login from your computer device and then you can access the port forwarding settings for your device.

·         Access dlink login page from your computer device using http:// dlinkap.local address. 

·         Fill dlink ap local login user name and password for your device.

·         After that you will find the “advanced” tab from the configuration window. 

·         There you will find the “Firewall” option. A firewall is a utility that is used when you need to secure your network. Using firewall settings, you can easily protect your network from viruses and other kind of attacks. 

·         Because you want to handle port forwarding so you can specify the MAC address for the ports that you need to open for your network. 

Note: MAC address will be unique for each computer device that is why we suggest about using MAC address rather than using IP address. Remember that all computer devices that connected in a single network will have same IP address and port forwarding will not possible at all.