Chapter 6

Advanced Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway.

Configuring Advanced Security

The DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway provides a variety of advanced features, such as:

Setting up a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Server

The flexibility of configuring your LAN TCP/IP settings

These features are discussed below.

Setting Up A Default DMZ Server

The Default DMZ Server feature is helpful when using some online games and videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with NAT. The gateway is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work properly with them, but there are other applications that may not function well. In some cases, one local PC can run the application properly if that PC’s IP address is entered as the Default DMZ Server.

Note: For security, you should avoid using the Default DMZ Server feature. When a computer is designated as the Default DMZ Server, it loses much of the protection of the firewall, and is exposed to many exploits from the Internet. If compromised, the computer can be used to attack your network.

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