Cox Communications is USA's one of the leading cable Internet service providers. Cox cable broadband provides fast Internet and streaming TV services for its customers.
Though they provide reliable connectivity, some users complain about issues with opening ports to activate online services. Some customers feel Cox disabled some ports intentionally on their modems to control the upstream bandwidth usage.
This tutorial teaches you how to perform Port forwarding on a Cox modem.
Why Do Cox Blocks Internet Ports?
According to Cox's technical support, they block some Internet ports to protect their customers against common worms and dangerous online services.
Another reason for Blocking Internet Ports by Cox is to limit upstream bandwidth usage. To see the list of Internet ports disabled, visit the link below.
https://www.cox.com/residential/support/internet-ports-blocked-or-restricted-by-cox.html
Why Do I Need to Open Ports In Cox Modem?
By default, Cox disabled some ports, which may allow intruders to attack the customers. For example, users with Cox Panoramic WiFi routers experience issues with forwarding a port.
However, users may need to open some specific ports to run applications like Online Games and torrents on their computers.
For example, torrent applications use Internet port range 6881-6889 to download and upload torrent files.
If Cox blocks this Port Range for your connection, you cannot run torrent on your computer. Your computer will not upload or download files by torrent applications using Cox cable broadband.
If the Internet Port number used by your favorite Online Game belongs to the list of blocked port numbers, you won't be able to play it using the Cox cable Internet connection.
In such situations, your only option is to perform a Port Forwarding.
Cox provides different models of modems and routers to customers. They support various modem/ router vendors like ARRIS / Surfboard, Cisco, Asus, DLink, etc.
Though the User Interfaces of different models of Cox modems may vary, the procedure to open a port range on them is the same. Let us check how to open the port number range for torrents on your Cox router.
How to Port Forward in Cox Panoramic WiFi Routers?
Cox allows Panoramic WiFi customers to open ports using their MyWiFi account. To activate Panoramic WiFi port forwarding, you need to follow the steps below.
How to Open an Internet Port On Cisco Modem?
If the modem supplied by Cox is Cisco DPQ3925, follow the steps below.
Port Forwarding on Cox Arris Router
Many Cox users have an Arris modem. If you want to forward a port number on an Arris modem for Cox cable broadband, follow the steps below.
Here you can enter the port numbers you want to exclude from the default Cox ban.
Let me explain how to open ports on Dlink DCM-604 modem supplied by Cox Cable Internet Service Provider.
Sometimes Cox will detect if you have bypassed their Port blocking.
In such cases, either you need to contact their technical support, or you need a high-quality VPN to override their Port blocks.
If you have a Cox business connection and want to open a port number on the Cox Business modem, follow the instructions below. For business users, Cox provides Business Internet Gateway.
Though they provide reliable connectivity, some users complain about issues with opening ports to activate online services. Some customers feel Cox disabled some ports intentionally on their modems to control the upstream bandwidth usage.
This tutorial teaches you how to perform Port forwarding on a Cox modem.
Why Do Cox Blocks Internet Ports?
According to Cox's technical support, they block some Internet ports to protect their customers against common worms and dangerous online services.
Another reason for Blocking Internet Ports by Cox is to limit upstream bandwidth usage. To see the list of Internet ports disabled, visit the link below.
https://www.cox.com/residential/support/internet-ports-blocked-or-restricted-by-cox.html
Why Do I Need to Open Ports In Cox Modem?
By default, Cox disabled some ports, which may allow intruders to attack the customers. For example, users with Cox Panoramic WiFi routers experience issues with forwarding a port.
However, users may need to open some specific ports to run applications like Online Games and torrents on their computers.
For example, torrent applications use Internet port range 6881-6889 to download and upload torrent files.
If Cox blocks this Port Range for your connection, you cannot run torrent on your computer. Your computer will not upload or download files by torrent applications using Cox cable broadband.
If the Internet Port number used by your favorite Online Game belongs to the list of blocked port numbers, you won't be able to play it using the Cox cable Internet connection.
In such situations, your only option is to perform a Port Forwarding.
How to Open a Port in Cox Modem?
Though the User Interfaces of different models of Cox modems may vary, the procedure to open a port range on them is the same. Let us check how to open the port number range for torrents on your Cox router.
How to Port Forward in Cox Panoramic WiFi Routers?
Cox allows Panoramic WiFi customers to open ports using their MyWiFi account. To activate Panoramic WiFi port forwarding, you need to follow the steps below.
- Visit the link https://www.cox.com/mywifi and log in using the cox credentials.
- Select the Network from the top menu.
- Click Gateway
- Go to the bottom and click more.
- Click Advanced Settings.
- Click Port Forwarding.
How to Open an Internet Port On Cisco Modem?
If the modem supplied by Cox is Cisco DPQ3925, follow the steps below.
- Assign a Static IP Address to your computer on which you want to exclude the Port Issues. To know how to do it, visit the link below.
How to Assign a Static IP Address? - Type 192.168.0.1 on the Address bar of the browser and press the enter button
- Type the Cox modem login username and password. By default, it is admin and admin.
- Click on the link Applications & Gaming.
- Click on Port Range Forwarding
Port Forwarding on Cox Arris Router
Many Cox users have an Arris modem. If you want to forward a port number on an Arris modem for Cox cable broadband, follow the steps below.
- Assign a Static IP Address to your computer
- Type the IP address 192.168.0.1 on the browser address bar and press the enter key. If it is not working, type 192.168.100.1 on the browser address bar.
- Type admin as the username and password as the password. Click the Login button to continue.
- Click on the Advanced link from the top.
- Click on the Port Forwarding button.
- Click on the Create IPv4 button to create a new port forwarding rule for the Cox Internet connection.
Here you can enter the port numbers you want to exclude from the default Cox ban.
How to Open Ports On Cox Dlink Modem?
- Assign a Static IP Address to your computer
- Type the IP address 192.168.0.1 on the browser address bar and press the enter key.
- Type admin in the username field and password in the password field of the login window.
- Click on the Advanced link.
- Click on Forwarding
- On the Port Forwarding window, type the static IP address of the device, both starting and end port numbers.
- Click on the Apply button.
Sometimes Cox will detect if you have bypassed their Port blocking.
In such cases, either you need to contact their technical support, or you need a high-quality VPN to override their Port blocks.
How to Do Port Forwarding On Cox Business Modem?
- Assign a static IP address to the device on which you want to enjoy the port forwarding
- The default login IP address of Cox Business Internet Gateway is 192.168.0.1
- By default, the username and password fields are both empty. If you have a password and username, you should enter them.
- Click on Application Layer Gateway
- Click on the Port Range Forwarding tab
- You should enter the start port, end port, and the static IP address of the device
- Click on the Save Settings button
