NETGEAR ADSL Firewall Router DG834 - Manual (Page 78)

Reference Manual for the ADSL Firewall Router DG834
6-2 Advanced Configuration
202-10005-05, June 2005
Incoming traffic from the Internet is normally discarded by the router unless the traffic is a
response to one of your local computers or a service that you have configured in the Ports menu.
Instead of discarding this traffic, you can have it forwarded to one computer on your network. This
computer is called the Default DMZ Server.
How to Configure a Default DMZ Server
To assign a computer or server to be a Default DMZ server, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1 with its default User Name
of admin, default password of password, or using whatever Password and LAN address you
have chosen for the router.
2. From the Main Menu, under Advanced, click the WAN Setup link to view the page shown in
Figure 6-1 :
Figure 6-1: WAN Setup Page
3. Select the Default DMZ Server check box.
4. Type the IP address for that server.
5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Note: For security reasons, you should avoid using the Default DMZ Server feature.
When a computer is designated as the Default DMZ Server, it loses much of the
protection of the firewall, and is exposed to many exploits from the Internet. If
compromised, the computer can be used to attack your network.