NO, once you are successfully connected to the VPN, it is no longer needed to forward anything in your Router. Add your desired ports in the Members Area, connect to the VPN and follow this [1] Article for the further instructions. Links: ------ [1] https://support.nvpn.net/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/11/1/why-arent-my-ports-open

For security reasons, ports are closed until they are actually in use (often referred to as "listened on"). Make sure that you _ACTIVATE_ the ports in your tool/software first - just always remember that ports need to be listened on to be open - and then check on canyouseeme.org again! PORT ISSUES ARE SOLELY CLIENT SIDED SETUP FAULTS AND CAN NOT BE SIMPLY "FIXED" FROM US. POTENTIAL ISSUES ARE ALWAYS AND WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS A CLIENT-SIDED SET...

-- If you don't require our Portforwarding feature, you can simply stop reading here and ignore everything below -- Since as of 21.12.2019 we are no longer able to allow Static Portforwarding on all of our VPN locations by default. Static Ports are problematic, because in 90% of cases they are only used for Malware / RATs and similar Software's all the time anyways. That being said: we do NOT care what our users are doing, but due to the fact...