5.6Forwarding
-Forwarding
yVirtual Servers
yPort Triggering
yDMZ
yUPnP
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There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure
5.6.1 Virtual Servers
Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function. You can set up virtual servers on this page, shown in Figure
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¾Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY, XXX is Start port, YYY is End port)
¾IP Address - The IP address of the PC running the service application
¾Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router)
¾Enable - The Enable checkbox to enable the virtual server entry
¾Common Service Port - Some common services already listed in the
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