Western Digital My Net AC1300 Router User Manual - Manual (Page 43)

ADVANCED SETTINGS
39 MY NET AC1300 ROUTER
USER MANUAL
Additional Features Category
Port Forwarding Screen
Purpose: Open a single port or a range of ports in your router and redirect data. Applies only
to traffic coming from the Internet. Applies only to traffic coming from the Internet. For
information on port forwarding, see “Enabling Port Forwarding” on page 54.
ALG (Application Level Gateway) Screen
Purpose: Enable or disable Application Level Gateway (ALG) configuration. Enabling allows
certain clients, such as PPTP, IPSec or SIP, to communicate more reliably through a firewall
by adjusting certain parameters in the message headers.
PPTP (Point-to-Point
Tunneling Protocol) Turn On (default) PPTP ALG if you use a PPTP client to dial into
your corporate network via the Internet.
IPSec (VPN) Turn On (default) IPSec ALG if you use a IPSec client to dial into
your corporate network via the Internet.
SIP (Session Initiation
Protocol) A signaling protocol for Internet Telephony. Turn On (default) SIP
ALG if you use VoIP telephone service over your Internet
connection.