NETGEAR FVX538NA manual LAN WAN or DMZ WAN Inbound Rule Specifying an Exposed Host

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6.In the Send to LAN Server field, enter the local IP address of your Web server PC.

7.From the Public Destination IP Address pull down menu, choose Other Public IP Address.

8.Enter one of your public Internet addresses that will be used by clients on the Internet to reach your Web server.

9.Click Apply.

Your rule will now appear in the Inbound Services table of the Rules menu (see Figure 4-12). This rule is different from a normal inbound port forwarding rule in that the Destination box contains an IP Address other than your normal WAN IP Address.

Figure 4-12

To test the connection from a PC on the Internet, type http://<IP_address>, where <IP_address> is the public IP address you have mapped to your Web server. You should see the home page of your Web server.

LAN WAN or DMZ WAN Inbound Rule: Specifying an Exposed Host

Specifying an exposed host allows you to set up a computer or server that is available to anyone on the Internet for services that you have not yet defined.

To expose one of the PCs on your LAN or DMZ as this host:

1.Create an inbound rule that allows all protocols.

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