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AP-5131 Access Point Product Reference Guide

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5.

Click

Ok

to return to the NAT screen. Within the NAT screen, click

Apply

to save any

changes made on the Port Forwarding screen.

6.

Click

Cancel

to undo any changes made on Port Forwarding screen. This reverts all settings

for the Port Forwarding screen to the last saved configuration.

5.3 Enabling Wireless LANs (WLANs)

A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a data-communications system that flexibly extends the
functionalities of a wired LAN. A WLAN does not require lining up devices for line-of-sight
transmission, and are thus, desirable. Within the WLAN, roaming users can be handed off from one
AP-5131 to another like a cellular phone system. WLANs can therefore be configured around the
needs of specific groups of users, even when they are not in physical proximity.

Use the AP-5131’s

Wireless Configuration

screen to create new WLANs, edit the properties of

existing WLANs or delete a WLAN to create space for a new WLAN. Sixteen WLANs are available
on the AP-5131 (regardless of single or dual-radio model).

Transport

Use the

Transport

pull-down menu to specify the transport

protocol used in this service. The choices are ALL, TCP, UDP, ICMP,
AH, ESP, and GRE.

Start Port and End Port Enter the port or ports used by the port forwarding service. To

specify a single port, enter the port number in the

Start Port

area.

To specify a range of ports, use both the

Start Port

and

End Port

options to enter the port numbers. For example, enter 110 in the
Start Port field and 115 in the End Port field.

IP Address

Enter the

numerical (non DNS name)

IP address to which the

specified service is forwarded. This address must be within the
specified NAT range for the associated WAN IP address.

Translation Port

Specify the port number used to translate data for the service being
forwarded.

Forward all
unspecified ports to

Use the

Forward all unspecified ports to

checkbox to enable

port forwarding for incoming packets with unspecified ports. In the
adjacent area, enter a target forwarding IP address for incoming
packets. This number must be within the specified NAT range for
the associated WAN IP address.

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