How to Do Port Forwarding in Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi allows you to do many things including hosting a website or server on it. But for this purpose, it needs to be externally accessible. Port forwarding allows Raspberry Pi to be externally accessible. In this article, we will learn how to do port forwarding in Raspberry Pi.

How to Do Port Forwarding in Raspberry Pi

Here are the steps to setup port forwarding in Raspberry Pi.

1. Connect to Router Admin Page

On a computer that is connected to your local network, open the router admin page by visiting 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 on your web browser.

2. Log into Router

Enter username & password for your router to log into it. Generally, the default username and password are admin and admin respectively.

3. Setup Port Forwarding

Once you have logged into router admin page, go to Virtual Server page. On this page, enter the following details.

Service Port: This is the external port.
IP Address: This is the IP address of your Raspberry Pi.
Internal Port: Set it to Pi’s application port where your application/server is running. (A web server runs on port 80 for example)
Protocol: Set this to ALL unless specified.
Status: Set this to enabled.

These settings will direct traffic from specified port to internal Raspberry port. If you are hosting a website, keep the service port and internal port as 80, for simplicity. Also, if you want Raspberry Pi to publicly accessible, enter a public IP, else enter the private IP address as provided by your network.

Save the settings. Now you and others should be able to access your Raspberry Pi from external systems and networks.

How to Do Port Forwarding in Raspberry Pi