How to Port Forward Home Control Assistant in Your Router

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Home Control Assistant are:

Home Control Assistant - PC

• TCP: 2000
• UDP:

Setting Up a Port Forward for Home Control Assistant

When you use Home Control Assistant you might need to forward some ports in your router. The purpose of forwarding ports is to make a direct connection from the internet to Home Control Assistant.

Routers do not generally allow incoming connection requests from the internet. By forwarding ports you can work around this limitation.

Remember to Do These Things Before You Forward a Port

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

• The IP address of your router.
• The internal IP address of your computer.
• Each of the TCP and UDP ports that you need to forward.

Find the IP Address of Your Router

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

Otherwise, you can follow our guide Find Your Router IP Address.

How To Set Up Port Forwarding for Home Control Assistant

The easiest way to forward your ports is to use our Network Utilities software. 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.

Another option is to go through the process of forwarding ports one step at a time. The process for forwarding a port is:

• You can start by logging in to your router.
• Locate your routers port forwarding section.
• Put the IP address of your computer in the proper box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports that you are forwarding for Home Control Assistant in the correct boxes in your router.

Some routers need to be rebooted in order for the changes to be saved.

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for Home Control Assistant:

List of Routers - Customized for Home Control Assistant

Those are the steps for forwarding ports in your router for Home Control Assistant.