Billion Electric Company 7202 User Manual

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Delete: Check the Rule No. you wish to delete, then click “Delete”.

Item:

Item number

Service select: Select the service you wish to configure

Protocol: Automatic when you choose Service select

Start Port & End Port: Enter the public port number & range you wish to configure.

IP Address: Enter the IP address of a specific internal server to which requests from the

specified port is forwarded.

Since NAT acts as a “natural” Internet firewall, your router protects your network from access

by outside users, as all incoming connection attempts point to your router unless you

specifically create Virtual Server entries to forward those ports to a PC on your network.

When your router needs to allow outside users to access internal servers, e.g. a web server,

FTP server, Email server or game server, the router can act as a “virtual server”. You can set

up a local server with a specific port number for the service to use, e.g. web/HTTP (port 80),

FTP (port 21), Telnet (port 23), SMTP (port 25), or POP3 (port 110). When an incoming

access request to the router for a specified port is received, it is forwarded to the

corresponding internal server.

For example, if you set the port number 80 (Web/HTTP) to be mapped to the IP Address

192.168.1.2, then all incoming HTTP requests from outside users are forwarded to the local

server (PC) with the IP address of 192.168.1.2. If the port is not listed as a predefined

application, you need to add it manually.

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