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4.6.3 Assign Public IP
Introduction
This page allows you to assign the public IP address of your Internet Connection(s) to
a specific device on your local network. You might want to do this if:
You do not want to use the Network Address Translation engine of your
SpeedTouch™.
This device is running server applications (web server,...) and you want it to be
accessible from the Internet.
This device has to be considered as the unique access point to your local
network (DMZ).
Accessing the Assign
Public IP page
Proceed as follows:
1
On the Home Network menu, click Devices.
2
In the Pick a task... list, click Assign the public IP address of a connection to a
device
.
Assigning the public IP
address to a device
Proceed as follows:
1
Click the Edit link of your Internet connection.
2
In the Device list, select the device you want to assign the public address to.
3
Click Apply.
4
The SpeedTouch™ prompts you that you will have to make some adjustments
as a result of the new configuration, click OK.
5
Release and renew the IP address of the device.
6
If needed, reassign server applications to this device.
You can also achieve this by creating a port mapping for the specified
server, as described in
“4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing” on
!
It is not recommended to use this feature as this device will loose all
security offered by the SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see your operating system’s user guide or help.