TP-Link TL-WA7210N manual Forwarding, Virtual Servers

TL-WA7210N

2.4GHz 150Mbps Outdoor Wireless Access Point User Guide

5.9Forwarding

There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 5-33):Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address because its IP Address may change when using the DHCP function. Port Triggering is used for some applications that cannot work with a pure NAT router, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet calling and so on, which require multiple connections. 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. The Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) feature allows the devices, such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

Figure 5-33 The Forwarding menu

5.9.1Virtual Servers

Selecting Forwarding > Virtual Servers will allow you to set up virtual servers on the page as shown in Figure 5-34.

Figure 5-34 Virtual Servers

Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY, XXX is the start port, YYY is the end port).

Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application. You can leave it blank if the Internal Port is the same as the Service Port, or enter a specific port number when Service Port is a single one.

IP Address - The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.

Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router).

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