# Port Forwarding

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This feature is available in the **Essential plan and higher**.
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You may set up Port Forwarding in [Control Panel > Network > Gateways > Edit button](https://app.goodaccess.com/gateways/).

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**We highly recommend opening only the ports you need.**

Opening the whole range of ports (i.e. 1-65535) presents a high security risk to your network.
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Enabling Port Forwarding automatically locks the private IP addresses for the selected device. This setting cannot be disabled while Port Forwarding is active.

Once locked, you can view the assigned private IPs in the Device detail.
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In case you want to create a rule for both protocols using same port number, you need to create separate rule for each protocol.
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* **Device:** Select a Member and the device you want to forward incoming traffic to
* **Service Name:** Name the new port forwarding rule
* **Public Port / Range:** Enter the public port number or range
* **Local Port / Range:** Enter the local port number or range 
* **Protocol:** Select the TCP or UDP protocol