5.6.1Port Forwarding

The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the firewall.

Parameters

Description

Enable Port Forwarding

Enable Port Forwarding.

 

 

Private IP

This is the private IP of the server in LAN.

 

Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Port

 

Forwarding to work properly.

 

 

Type

This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP”

 

or “UDP” packets only or select “both” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP”

 

packets.

 

 

Port Range

The range of ports to be forward to the private IP.

 

 

Comment

The description of this setting.

 

 

Add

Fill in the "Private IP", “Type”, “Port Range” and "Comment" of the setting to

 

be added and then click "Add". Then this Port Forwarding setting will be

 

added into the "Current Port Forwarding Table" below. If you find any typo

 

before adding it and want to retype again, just click "Clear" and the fields will

 

be cleared.

 

 

Reset

Click “Reset” will clear your current settings to allows you to enter again.

 

 

 

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