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EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch
•Start Port. Enter the starting port number of the Forwarded Range.
•End Port. Enter the ending port number of the Forwarded Range.
When finished making your changes on this tab, click the Save Settings button to save these changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. For further help on this tab, click the Help button.
UPnP Forwarding
The UPnP Forwarding screen displays preset application settings as well as options to customize port services for other applications. See Figure
UPnP Forwarding
•Application. Ten preset applications are preset. You can specify up to five additional applications in the available fields.
The preset applications are among the most widely used Internet applications. They include the following:
•FTP (File Transfer Protocol). A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the web server using FTP.
•Telnet. A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on Internet and
•SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The standard
•DNS (Domain Name System). The way that Internet domain names are located and translated into IP addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and
•TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol). A version of the TCP/IP FTP protocol that has no directory or password capability.
•Finger. A UNIX command widely used on the Internet to find out information about a particular user, such as a telephone number, whether the user is currently logged on, and the last time the user was logged on. The person being “fingered” must have placed his or her profile on the system in order for the information to be available. Fingering requires entering the full user@domain address.
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UPnP Forwarding