3.4.1 Port 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 router NAT firewall.

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

 

 

 

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