Airlink RT210W user manual DMZ IP Address, Description, Application Specific Port Forwards

Wireless Broadband Router User Manual

measure of security that protects your network from hazardous packets.

However, if you designate a DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) IP Address, incoming packets that do not match the forwarding criteria will be redirected to the DMZ IP address. That is, forwarding demands a higher priority than DMZ.

uDMZ IP Address

DMZ allows specifying a local machine to be exposed to the Internet. If you specify a DMZ host here, the incoming packets containing no port information specified in the Forwarding table are forwarded to the DMZ host.

uPort Forwards

Define the port range for the incoming TCP/UDP service you want to forward to a specific computer on the LAN side.

Item	Description
Protocol	Specifies the incoming packet protocol. TCP
	or UDP
WAN Port	Enter the port range for the incoming request
Start/End	you want to forward.
LAN IP Address	Enter the IP address of the virtual server to
	which packets are forwarded.
LAN Port	Enter the port range for the service on the
Start/End	virtual server.
Enabled	Select this option and click Apply to activate
	the configuration.

uApplication Specific Port Forwards

Some applications, such as Internet games and videoconferencing, require multiple ports for data transmission. If there is any application that cannot be properly accessed on the private network, you may need to establish application specific port forwarding for that application. Essentially, application specific port forwarding tells

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