Linksys WRT330N manual Applications & Gaming Tab DMZ, Dmz

Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router

The APPLICATIONS & GAMING Tab - DMZ

The DMZ screen allows one local user to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming and videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port Range Forwarding is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ hosting opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.

Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.

DMZ

To use this feature, select Enabled. To disable DMZ hosting, select Disabled.

DMZ Host IP Address. If you want to specify the DMZ host by IP address, complete the IP address in the field provided.

When you have finished making changes to this screen, click SAVE SETTINGS to save the changes, or click CANCEL CHANGES to clear all fields and start over.

Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router

Figure 5-27: APPLICATIONS & GAMING Tab - DMZ

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The APPLICATIONS & GAMING Tab - DMZ