NETGEAR D6100 user manual Manage Firewall Rules, Port Forwarding, and Port Triggering

AC1200 WiFi DSL Modem Router—Essentials Edition Model D6100

Manage the Activity Log and Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 View the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Specify Which Activities Are Logged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Specify a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 View Devices Currently on the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Monitor and Meter Internet Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Start the Traffic Meter Without Traffic Volume Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . 169 View the Traffic Statistics and Traffic Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Restrict Internet Traffic by Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Restrict Internet Traffic by Connection Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Unblock the Traffic Meter After the Traffic Limit Is Reached . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Manage the Modem Router Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Configure the Modem Router as a DSL Modem Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chapter 9 Manage Firewall Rules, Port Forwarding, and Port Triggering

Manage Outbound Firewall Rules for Services and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Add an Outbound Firewall Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Change an Outbound Firewall Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Change the Priority of an Outbound Firewall Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Disable or Enable an Outbound Firewall Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Remove an Outbound Firewall Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Add a Custom Service or Application for Use in an Outbound

Firewall Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Change a Custom Service or Application for Use in an

Outbound Firewall Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Remove a Custom Service or Application for Use in an

Outbound Firewall Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Manage Port Forwarding to a Local Server for Services and Applications. . . 189 Forward Incoming Traffic for a Default Service or Application . . . . . . . . . . 189 Add a Port Forwarding Rule with a Custom Service or Application. . . . . . . 191 Change a Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Remove a Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Application Example: Make a Local Web Server Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 How the Modem Router Implements the Port Forwarding Rule . . . . . . . . . 195 Manage Port Triggering for Services and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Add a Port Triggering Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Change a Port Triggering Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Remove a Port Triggering Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Specify the Time-Out Period for Port Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Disable Port Triggering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 10 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Perform Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Ping an IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Perform a DNS Lookup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Display the Routing Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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