Parameter | Description |
Enable Port Forwarding | Enable Port Forwarding |
Private IP | This is the private IP of the server behind the |
| NAT firewall. |
| 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. |
WAN Port | Assign the WAN port that requires port |
| forwarding. All the packets sending from this |
| WAN port with the assigned port range will be |
| directed to the assign private IP. |
Comment | The description of this setting. |
Add Port Forwarding into the table | 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 "Reset" and |
| the fields will be cleared. |
Remove Port Forwarding into the table | If you want to remove some Port Forwarding |
| settings from the "Current Port Forwarding |
| Table", select the Port Forwarding settings you |
| want to remove in the table and then click |
| "Delete Selected". If you want remove all Port |
| Forwarding settings from the table, just click |
| "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your |
| current selections. |
Click <Save> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations and press “Apply and Reboot” to apply the configuration and reboot the
3.4.2 Virtual Server
Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to
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