Configuration | Section 3 |
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ROUTING Page – Commonly Used Configuration Options
None of the configuration options on the ROUTING Page typically require any adjustment from factory defaults, to support most typical uses of the WR850 as a wired/wireless router.
Therefore, none of the configuration options on the ROUTING Page are highlighted in white. ROUTING Page configuration options are provided primarily for advanced users.
ROUTING Page – All Configuration Options
Field | Description |
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DMZ IP | Sets one device on your local network (specified by IP address) to |
Address: | be a |
(ADVANCED) | A DMZ receives all broadband communication requests that might |
| otherwise be blocked by the router’s firewall, as is often needed for |
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| Leave this field blank if no DMZ is desired. |
| NOTE: This setting is only used if Operation Mode on the BASIC Page |
| is set to Router. |
| FACTORY DEFAULT: (blank) |
Port Forwards: | Sets rules for forwarding inbound broadband communications, |
(ADVANCED) | destined to specific WAN ports, to specific clients on your local |
| network (specified by IP address). You may optionally specify a |
| destination port range, on the LAN side of the WR850, as well. |
| This feature can be particularly useful to support a web server, or |
| other special service, on your local network. |
| NOTE: These settings are only used if Operation Mode on the BASIC |
| Page is set to Router. |
| You can store up to 20 port forwarding rules, and selectively enable |
| one or more of them when desired, using the Enabled checkbox at |
| the end of each row. |
| NOTE: Port forwards will be applied in the order in which they are listed |
| on this page. |
| For each port forward, the following 3 items can be entered: |
| (1) WAN Port Range: |
| These two fields (“Start” and “End”) define a range of WAN ports that |
| will be monitored as part of the port forward. (continued on next page) |
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