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This chapter describes how to modify the configuration of the N150 Wireless Router to allow specific applications to access the Internet or to be accessed from the Internet, and how to make adjustments to enhance your network’s performance.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Allowing Inbound Connections to Your Network
•Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers on page 61
•Configuring Port Triggering on page 64
•Using Universal Plug and Play on page 66
•Optimizing Wireless Performance on page 67
•Changing the MTU Size on page 73
•Using WMM for Wireless Multimedia Applications on page 69
•Quality of Service on page 69
•Overview of Home and Small Office Networking Technologies on page 74
Allowing Inbound Connections to Your Network
By default, the WNR1000v3h2 router blocks any inbound traffic from the Internet to your computers except for replies to your outbound traffic. However, you might need to create exceptions to this rule for the following purposes:
•To allow remote computers on the Internet to access a server on your local network.
•To allow certain applications and games to work correctly when their replies are not recognized by your router.
Your router provides two features for creating these exceptions: port forwarding and port triggering. This section explains how a normal outbound connection works, followed by two examples explaining how port forwarding and port triggering operate and how they differ.
