How To Open Ports in Your Router for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11

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The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11 are:

FileMaker Pro Advanced 11 - PC

  • TCP: 5003
  • UDP: 5003

Forward Ports for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11

You may need to forward ports in your router when you use FileMaker Pro Advanced 11. By forwarding ports you allow connection requests coming from the internet to be directed to FileMaker Pro Advanced 11.

Routers are not designed to allow incoming network requests. By forwarding a port you can overcome this limitation.

Before Forwarding a Port

You need to know the following things before you can forward a port:

Find Your Router's IP Address

We have free Router Detector software to help you find your router's IP address. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

We have a guide you can follow Find Your Router IP Address if you don't want to run the software.

Forwarding a Port for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11

The easiest way to forward your ports is to use our Network Utilities software. Our Network Utilities software allows you to add port forwards and also remove them when you no longer need them to maximize your network security.

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

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

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11:

List of Routers - Customized for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11

Those are the steps to take in order to forward ports in your router for FileMaker Pro Advanced 11.

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