3.3 Application & Gaming

3.3.1 Port Forwarding

The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall.

Parameter

Description

Enable Port Forwarding

Enable Port Forwarding

IP Address

This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT

 

firewall. Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a

 

fixed/static IP address for Port Forwarding to work

 

properly.

Protocol

This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can

 

choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets only or

 

select “both” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets.

Port Range

The range of ports to be forward to the private IP.

Comment

The description of this setting.

Current Port Forwarding Table

From the table, you can check each Port forwarding

 

setting.

Delete Selected

If you want to delete a setting, check the ‘select’ box of

 

the setting you want to delete, then click ‘Delete

 

Selected’ button. (You can select more than one setting).

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Airlink101 AR675W user manual Application & Gaming, Port Forwarding

AR675W specifications

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