Asante Technologies FR1000 manual Popular Applications

4.4 Popular Applications

The Asanté router effectively hides all your computers behind its firewall using network address translation (NAT, RFC 1631) technology. The router’s IP net- work address is exposed to the Internet, but your computers on the LAN are safely protected.

From time to time, you may want to selectively open your router’s firewall to en- able 2-way communications for your networked applications (or games!) for a single computer on your network. Use the Popular Applications feature to define those settings.

The router’s pre-defined settings will quickly get you started i\If you are planning to use one of the following applications:

•Battle.net

•Dialpad

•ICU II

•MSN Gaming Zone

•PC-to-Phone

•QuickTime 4 Streaming

Tip: If your computer is running Windows XP, then the router will be automatically configured using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for many applica- tions, including Windows Messenger.

Tip: You can also define up to four custom settings for your applications, but only one computer can use the port settings at a time. If more than one com- puter needs simultaneous access, then use the router’s DMZ feature.

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