Manually opening ports using port forwarding
Before trying to use port forwarding, try enabling UPnP using the instructions above.

1) Open a web browser and log into your router configuration panel by typing in the address http://192.168.1.1, enter your user & password, and navigate to the section that has to do with forwarding or filter rules. With a Linksys, the default user is an empty field and password is "admin" (you should change this). Now navigate to the orange "Advanced" button and then finally to the Forwarding tab as shown below.


2) You should now be within your routers Port Forwarding configuration: enter a 2 port range to forward, specify your local IP, and click the enable checkbox as shown in the above example. Click apply to save your settings.
You can choose any consecutive 2 port range between below 65254 (i.e 5000 to 5001 or 18500 to 18501).

Not sure what your local IP is? To determine your local IP and gateway follow these simple directions:

1. Go to Start > Run . Type in "cmd" , then press enter. This will open a windows dos prompt
2. Within the dos command prompt, type in : "ipconfig" and press enter. You should see something like this:

• Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
• Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
• IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
• Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

The IP Address is your local IP, this is the IP to use in your router configuration for port forwarding.
The Default Gateway, is the router's IP and you can connect to it's config panel by entering this IP into your browser address no matter which brand you use. e.g. http://192.168.1.1

3) Now we need to obtain your WAN IP (external IP) that you will need to enter into Morpheus's Preferences. Morpheus by default will detect this IP and be in a 'greyed' out state, however if configuring port forwarding you should determine it as follows:

While still in your Router Configuration Panel, navigate to "Setup" then to the "Status" tab. There, you'll want to record your WAN IP Address as shown below...


4) Now there is only one last step to complete the process! In Morpheus, apply these settings to Preferences > Internet Connection > 'Set incoming Gnutella port to' and 'Set reported IP to' settings, then click OK to apply these changes as shown below.

Local IP settings should match "WAN IP" recorded above is step #3 s & the incoming port should be the first port you choose above in step #1.


While Port forwarding can sometimes be difficult to configure with some routers, it still provides a safe way of running a servant from behind a firewall since only the ports you explicitly choose are exposed to the Internet. You will now enjoy increased download success and faster connecting, now that you're properly configured! Happy Sharing