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# How to Port Forward an IP (Port Punch)


* Head over to your [Nexuscore Firewall Panel](https://firewall.nexuscorehosting.com)
* Sign in with your Sub-User or client portal. If you need to manually register an account, please reach out to NX Support.
* Head to the Firewall button at the top

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/1e6c49e0d02dca00/image_pu3u7h.png)* Hover over "Quick Actions" and select "Port Punch"

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* Fill in the requested information as seen below. Please change the following fields accordingly.
 **Note -  You want to make sure you have a naming scheme when setting rules up. In this case, we use 'Port Punch - Game' we'd advise changing User to an identifier you'll remember for the future.**

**Name - A descriptive name you'll want to use **
**Server IP - Your NX Server *This will auto populate***
**Port Punch - The port of the game you want to open *In this case we're using minecraft as an example, so 25565 by default***
**Port Punch Section - This will be the protocol you want to open. Usually we advise if you're not sure what protocol, create two rules. One TCP and one UDP rule. **
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* Hit submit and you're finished! If you're running into issues, please feel free to reach out to our support team. We'd love to assist.