Billion Electric Company 7202 - Manual (Page 4)

addresses making them invisible to outside users on the Internet, so it is much more difficult
for a hacker to target a machine on your network. Second, it can block and redirect certain
ports to limit the services that outside users can access. To ensure that games and other
Internet applications run properly, you can open specific ports for outside users to access
internal services on your network.
The Integrated DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) client and server services allow
multiple users to get IP addresses automatically when the myGuard router boots up. Simply
set local machines as a DHCP client to accept a dynamically assigned IP address from the
DHCP server and reboot. Each time a local machine is powered up; the router recognizes it
and assigns an IP address to instantly connect it to the LAN.
For advanced users, Virtual Service (port forwarding) functions allow the product to provide
limited visibility to local machines with specific services for outside users. You can set an
ISP (Internet Service Provider) provided IP address on the myGuard 7202(G) and then you
can reroute specific services to individual computers on your local network. For instance, a
dedicated web server can be connected to the Internet via the myGuard router and then
incoming requests for web pages that are received by the router can be rerouted to your
dedicated local web server, even though the server now has a different IP address.
Virtual Server can also be used to re-task services to multiple servers. For instance, you can
set the myGuard router to allow separated FTP, Web, and Multiplayer game servers to share
the same Internet-visible IP address while still protecting the servers and LAN users from
hackers.
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