NETGEAR RP614 manual Security, Tip Multiple Computers for Half Life, Kali or Quake

Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router

•If the IP address of the local PC is assigned by DHCP, it may change when the PC is rebooted. To avoid this, you can manually configure the PC to use a fixed address.

•Local PCs must access the local server using the PCs’ local LAN address (192.168.0.33 in this example). Attempts by local PCs to access the server using the external IP address (172.16.1.23 in this example) will fail.

Tip: Multiple Computers for Half Life, KALI or Quake III

To set up an additional computer to play Half Life, KALI or Quake III:

1.Click the button of an unused port in the table.

2.Select the game again from the Services/Games list.

3.Change the beginning port number in the Start Port box.

For these games, use the supplied number in the default listing and add +1 for each additional computer. For example, if you've alrealy configured one computer to play Hexen II (using port 26900), the second computer's port number would be 26901, and the third computer would be 26902.

4.Type the same port number in the End Port box that you typed in the Start Port box.

5.Type the IP address of the additional computer in the Server IP Address box.

6.Click Apply.

Some online games and videoconferencing applications are incompatible with NAT. The Model RP614 router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work properly with them, but there are other applications that may not function well. In some cases, one local PC can run the application properly if that PC’s IP address is entered as the default in the PORTS Menu. If one local PC acts as a game or videoconference host, enter its IP address as the default.

Security

DMZ Server

Incoming traffic from the Internet is normally discarded by the router unless the traffic is a response to one of your local computers or a service that you have configured in the Port Forwarding menu. Instead of discarding this traffic, you can have it forwarded to one computer on your network. This computer is called the Default DMZ Server.

7-4 Advanced Configuration of the Router