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4.4.5 ADVANCED - Port Forwarding
Port Forwarding (or Virtual Server) allows you to direct incoming traffic to specific PCs based on a service
port number and protocol. Using the Port Forwarding page, you can provide local services (for example web
hosting) for people on the Internet or play Internet games. Port Forwarding is configurable per LAN segment.
A database of predefined Port Forwarding rules allows you to apply one or more rules to one or more
members of a defined LAN group. You can view the rules associated with a predefined category, and add the
available rules for a given category. You can also create/edit/delete your own Port Forwarding rules.
„ WAN Connection: Select the WAN connection you are going to apply the port forwarding feature.
„ Allow Incoming Ping: Place a check to enable the incoming ping.
„ Select LAN Group: Select the LAN Group you are going to apply the port forwarding feature.
„ LAN IP: Select the IP address that will host the service.
„ Allow Incoming Ping: Enabling incoming ping (ICMP) requests on the Port Forwarding page
allows the router to respond to a ping from the Internet.
„ DMZ: Demilitarized Zone. DMZ More information on DMZ is available in the “DMZ Setting” sextion.
„ Custom Port Forwarding: This link takes you to the Custom Port Forwarding screen, more is
discussed in “Custom Port Forwarding” section.
„ Category: Custom and user-defined categories.
„ Available Rules: Predefined and/or user-defined IP filtering rules for each category.
„ Applied Rules: The IP filtering rules you select to apply for each given category.