To set up port forwarding – Compex Technologies WPE54 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Further Configuration
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5.3.2
To set up port forwarding
Port forwarding allows the access point to redirect any incoming Internet
request bearing a public IP address to a specific PC on your network, based on
the incoming packet’s TCP/UDP port number.
You can thus use TCP port forwarding to hide your web-server behind the
access point for added security while using UDP port forwarding lets you run
a secure multiplayer game server.
The following diagram shows the access point with a public IP address of
203.120.90.3 and a private IP address of 192.168.168.1. All incoming packets
with port number 80 will be forwarded to the Web server, known on the LAN
as 192.168.168.5, while those with port number 21 will be directed to the FTP
server which has a private IP address of 192.168.168.8.