A Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router contains a basic firewall to help protect your home network. A Firewall blocks incoming connections by nature. Sometimes you need to unblock some of these connections so you can run a game or application. This is called opening a port or port forwarding. Port forwarding is literally forwarding a port from the internet to your home network.
You need to follow the steps below to open ports in your Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router:
If this sounds difficult, you are not alone. We will walk you through each step in opening a port for the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router.
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Set up a static IP address in the device that you are forwarding a port to. This is an important step that keeps your ports open even after a reboot, power outage, or another type of device or router disconnect.
After setting up a static ip address on your devices you need to login to your router.
Log in to the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router. To do this you need to use a web browser because the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router uses what is called a web interface.
It normally doesn't matter what web browser you use so go ahead and open up your favorite. If you don't have a favorite then open up Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
If that is confusing to you, we have simplified this step with this link: Login to your FiOS Quantum Gateway Router
Once you have opened up a browser window, find the address bar. This is usually at the top of the page like the image below shows.
Above is an example of what a web browser address bar looks like. Find the address bar in your web browser and type in your router's IP address.
The Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router's default IP address is: 192.168..1.1
Enter your router's IP address into the address bar of your browser and click the enter button on your keyboard. A box like the one below should appear.
Go ahead and enter the username and password for the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router in the spaces available. Remember if you have changed them in the past, you need to enter those values.
Enter your username and password, and then click the Log In button to log in to your Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router.
If the username and password that you typed in did not work, check out our Default Verizon Router Passwords page for other ideas about possible passwords.
If, after trying the above list of passwords you still can't log in, you may need to reset your router. Learn how to do that by reading our How to Reset a Router guide. After resetting the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router your username and password are reverted back to factory defaults. Router settings may also change when you reset, so make a note of your current router settings before you reset.
You should be on your routers home page once you complete logging in. Find the Port Forwarding section on the home page of the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router.
You are now on the Port Forwarding page.
Opening a port to a specific device may solve problems that you are having on your network. Make sure that it is necessary though, before opening a port, because you are effectively creating a pinhole in the firewall portion of your router that could lead to malicious traffic on your network. The risk is exceedingly low, though, so don't let this warning stop you from making this change if you need it.
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Finally, test your network to see if you have forwarded ports in the Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway router correctly. To do this you can use Network Utilities, which includes a free Open Port Checker tool. Open Port Checker is the only online port-checking tool that has Guaranteed Results.
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