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10.3.Port Forwarding
Port Forwarding allows you to redirect a particular public port to a computer on your LAN network. This helps you host servers behind the NAT and Firewall.
In the example below, there is a WEB Server running on port 80 on the LAN. For security reasons, the Administrator would like to provide this server to Internet connection on port 1000.
Therefore then there is a connection from the Internet on port 1000, it will be forwarded to the computer with the IP address 192.168.0.100 and changed to port 80.
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Enable Port Forwarding | Tick this box to Enable the Port Forwarding feature. |
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Description | Enter a name or description to help you identify this entry. |
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Local IP | The local IP address of the computer the server is hosted on. |
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Protocol | Select to apply the feature to either TCP, UDP or Both types of packet transmissions. |
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Local Port | The port that the server is running on the local computer. |
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Public Port | When a connection from the Internet is on this port, then it will be forwarded to the indicated |
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