AdGuard ad blocker allows you to surf the web anonymously and get rid of intrusive ads, online tracking, and malware. Having AdGuard protecting your computer makes web surfing faster, safer, and more comfortable. But you need to open some specific ports on your router for a better experience. This guide explains how to port forward Adguard.
Just before you begin with the process of port forwarding, make sure you have the following things:
TCP and UDP ports of Adguard for your device as mentioned in the section below.
Now that you have the above details noted down, you can move to the next stage of Adguard port forwarding:
To play Adguard online and create a server without any interruptions, you’ll have to allow access to certain ports on your firewall. The default Adguard ports are:
TCP Port: | 3000, 80 |
UDP Port: | 53 |
Opening a port shouldn’t be complicated. With the Port Forwarding add-on, it’s as simple as 1, 2, and 3!
Ports to run on PC:
TCP Port: | 3000, 80 |
UDP Port: | 53 |
What if your ISP performs CGNAT? Most ISPs perform CGNAT (Carrier-grade Network Address Translation) to conserve bandwidth and assign a single IP address to multiple users connected to the same internet network. However, CGNAT makes it difficult for you to open ports on the router.
To get around the CGNAT issue, you can use the Port Forwarding add-on to bypass this problem and port forward routers without hassle.
Here’s more information on how to use PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on and bypass CGNAT in a few clicks.
To most people, port forwarding is quite a demanding task. For starters, every router has a different console, which often makes it difficult to navigate to specific settings.
Secondly, you won’t always be able to open Adguard ports on your router if your ISP restricts the ports. Yes, you heard that right! ISPs are notorious for blocking ports due to security reasons. If ISP isn’t the reason behind a blocked port, then perhaps it could be your operating system’s firewall.
Well, you can eliminate all these problems on all your desired systems with PureVPN’s Port Forwarding add-on. Through the Port Forwarding add-on, you can allow all ports, disallow all ports, and allow specific ports.
AdGuard Home requires the following ports and protocols to be available for installation and usage: 3000/TCP for initial installation; 80/TCP for web interface; 53/UDP for the DNS server.
Firstly, you need to identify what port the service uses that you want access to. However, in most cases, home routers come with a list of common games and applications. All you have to do is select it from the list and the corresponding ports will be automatically selected.