Configuration with Advanced Setup
Port Forwarding
Port Forwarding (the forwarding of requests to particular ports) is needed when you wish to operate Server services for the Internet on a PC in your LAN. For example, on one of your PC's you could run a Web server which provides HTML pages. In this case the router acts as the Virtual server, forwarding requests for an HTML page from the Internet to the designated PC on which the Web server is running. Externally the router takes on the role of the server. It receives requests from remote users under its public IP address and automatically redirects them to local PC's. The private IP addresses of the servers on the local network remain protected.
Internet services are addressed by defined Ports. The router needs a mapping table of the port numbers to redirect the service requests to the server that actually provides the service. You must create this mapping table.
◆To set up Port Forwarding for a service, select Port Forwarding in the Virtual server menu.
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You will find an example of Port Forwarding in "Practical Tips and Configuration Examples" on the CD supplied.
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