How to set up Port Forwarding feature on the Halo

Port Forwarding allows you to make a device or service on your local network accessible by other devices over the internet whilst ensuring your network remains protected.

Different services use different service ports, such as Port 80 for HTTP service, port 21 for FTP service, port 25 for SMTP service, and port 110 for POP3 service. Please verify the service port number before the configuration.

Here, we take Halo H80X as an example.

1. Launch the Mercusys app and tap More > Advanced > Port Forwarding.

2. Tap Add at the upper right corner or click on Create to add a rule.

3. Choose a Service Type, type in the Service Name, and tap Internal IP to select a device you want to open ports for, then type in the External Port and Internal Port (Service Port), then click on Save to add a port forwarding rule.

Note: Halo does not support the feature of entering the Internal IP address manually. In a normal case, if a device connects to Halo and gets an IP address, Halo will show the device when configuring the port forwarding feature.

4. Go to the More > Advanced > IPv4 page to check the WAN IP address of the Halo system. Now, you can try to use WAN IP: Port Number (External Port) to access the service from the outside network.

Note:

If the WAN IP address of the Halo is a private IP address, that means there is another NAT device connected to the WAN Port of the main Halo, and you need to open the service ports on that device as well.

For how to verify whether the IP Address is a public one or a private one, please refer to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

5. If you want to delete the port forwarding entries, please go to the More >Advanced > Port Forwarding page, slide the entry to the left you want to delete, then click on Delete to delete the entry.