How to Create a Port Forward in Your Router for QNAP TS-221

Forward Ports on Your Router for QNAP TS-221

July 22, 2021 (Last Updated: October 18, 2021) | Reading Time: 1 minutes

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for a QNAP TS-221 device are:

QNAP TS-221 - PC

TCP: 21-22, 25, 80, 443, 445, 873, 3306, 6881-6999, 8080, 9000, 13131, 55536-56559

UDP: 6881-6999

Forwarding Ports for a QNAP TS-221 device

When you use a QNAP TS-221 device you may need to forward ports in your router. A port forward allows incoming connection requests from the internet to go straight to a QNAP TS-221 device.

Routers are not designed to allow incoming network requests. Forwarding ports can work around this limitation.

Before Forwarding a Port Checkoff This To Do List

Make sure that you know these things before forwarding a port:

The internal IP address of your router.
The IP address of your NAS.
The list of the TCP and UDP ports that you need to forward.

How to Locate Your Router's IP Address

The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. The software is part of our Network Utilities suite of tools and it is completely free to use.

If you do not want to run the software, you can follow our Find Your Router IP Address guide.

How To Set Up Port Forwarding for a QNAP TS-221 device

We have Network Utilities software that can forward ports for you. Network Utilities lets you manage port forwards by putting them in when you need them and also removing the ones that you no longer need which maximized network security.

Port forwarding can also be set up step-by-step by hand. The normal process for forwarding a port is:

Start by logging in to your router.
Locate the section in your router that deals with port forwarding.
Put your NAS's IP address in the proper box in your router.
Put the TCP and UDP ports for a QNAP TS-221 device in the corresponding boxes in your router.

Usually you have to reboot your router in order to save the changes.