Port Forwarding
Port forwarding is a way of creating a tunnel through the AP+4’s firewall so that computers on the Internet can communicate via a single port to one of the computers on your LAN. Port forwarding is safer than creating a DMZ – where all ports on one computer inside the LAN are opened to all Internet traffic – because only one port (or a small series of ports) is exposed to the Internet.
Parameter |
| Select or enter . . . |
Enable Port |
| Select this check box to allow one or a small |
Forwarding |
| number of ports on a network computer to be |
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| opened to external Internet communication. |
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IP Address |
| Enter the IP address of the network computer |
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| allowed to receive direct Internet traffic. |
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Protocol |
| Select TCP, UDP, or Both. |
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Port Range |
| Enter one port or a small range of ports to |
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| receive direct traffic. |
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Apply Changes |
| Click this button to save your entries. |
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Reset |
| Click this button to clear all entries. |
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Current Port Forwarding Table | ||
Delete Selected |
| In the Current Port Forwarding Table click |
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| the Select check box for one or more IP |
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| addresses and then click this button to delete. |
Delete All |
| Click this button to clear the table. |
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Reset |
| Click to clear the Select check boxes. |
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