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Enhanced Wireless Router
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UsIng THE WEb-basEd adVanCEd UsER InTERfaCE
Configuring Internal forwarding settings
The Virtual Server s function will a llow you to route exte rnal (Internet)
calls for services s uch as a web ser ver (port 80), F TP server (Por t 21), or
other applications thro ugh your Router to your internal net work� Since
your internal computer s are protected by a firewall, compute rs outside
your network (over the Inte rnet) cannot get t o them because th ey cannot
be “seen”� A list of common applications has been provided in case you
need to configure the V irtual Server function for a s pecific applicat ion�
If your application is n ot listed, you will n eed to contact t he application
vendor to find out which port settings you need�
Choosing an application
Select your applicatio n from the drop- down list� Click “Add”� The
settings will be trans ferred to the nex t available space i n the screen�
Click “Apply Changes” to save the setting for that application� To remove
an application, selec t the number of th e row that you want to remove
then click “Clear”�
Manually Entering settings into the Virtual server
To manually enter settings , enter the IP addr ess in the space provided
for the internal (serve r) machine, the po rt(s) required to pass (use a
comma between multipl e ports), select the port type (TCP or UDP),
and click “Apply Changes”� You can only pass one po rt per internal IP
address� Opening por ts in your firewal l can pose a sec urity risk� You can
enable and disable se ttings very qui ckly� It is recommen ded that you
disable the settings w hen you are not us ing a specific a pplication�