TP-Link td-w8961nd TD-W8961ND 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide, 4.4.3.1 DMZ

TD-W8961ND300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.4.3.1 DMZ

Choose “Advanced Setup→NAT→DMZ” in Figure 4-28,you can configure the DMZ host in the next screen. A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a host between a private local network and the outside public network. It prevents outside users from getting direct access to a server that has company data. Users of the public network outside the company can access to the DMZ host.

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¾DMZ Host IP Address: Enter the specified IP Address for DMZ host on the LAN side.

4.4.3.2 Virtual Server

Choose “Advanced Setup→NAT→Virtual Server” in Figure 4-28,you can configure the Virtual Server in the next screen.

The Virtual Server is the server or server(s) behind NAT (on the LAN), for example, Web server or FTP server, that you can make visible to the outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network appear as a single machine to the outside world.

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¾Rule Index: The Virtual server rule index for this VC. You can specify 10 rules in maximum. All the VCs with single IP will use the same Virtual Server rules.

¾Application: The Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN.

¾Protocol: The protocol used for this application.

¾Start & End port number: Enter the specific Start and End Port number you want to forward. If it is one port only, you can enter the End port number the same as Start port number. For

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