TP-Link manual 5.6.3 DMZ, TL-R402M Cable/DSL Router User Guide

TL-R402MCable/DSL Router User Guide

There are many popular applications in the Popular Application list. You can select it and the ID, then click the Copy to button, the application will fill in the Trigger Port, incoming Ports Range boxes and select the Enable checkbox. It has the same effect as adding a new rule.

Modifying an existing rule:

1.Edit the entry as desired.

2.Click the Save button.

Deleting an existing rule:

1.Clear all the content in the Trigger Port field, the Open Port field and the Enable checkbox.

2.Click the Save button.

To delete all rules:

1Click the Clear All button.

2Click the Save button

Note:

¾When the trigger connection is released, the according opening ports will be closed

¾Each rule allowed to be used only by one host on LAN synchronously. The trigger connection of other hosts on LAN will be refused

¾Incoming Port Range cannot overlap each other

5.6.3 DMZ

The DMZ host feature allows one local host to be exposed to the Internet for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ host forwards all the ports at the same time. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function. You can set up DMZ host on this page shown in Figure 5-17:

Figure 5-17 DMZ

To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server:

1.Click the Enable radio button

2.Enter the local host IP address in the DMZ Host IP Address field

3.Click the Save button.

Note:

After you set the DMZ host, the firewall related to the host will not work.

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