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Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

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Wireless-N Home Router

Start~End Port

Enter the number or range of port(s)

used by the server or Internet applications. Check
with the Internet application documentation for more
information.

Protocol

Select the protocol(s) used for this application,

TCP, UDP, or Both.

To IP Address

For each application, enter the IP address

of the computer that should receive the requests. If you
assigned a static IP address to the computer, then you
can look up its IP address; click DHCP Reservation on the
Basic Setup screen (refer to DHCP Reservation, page 7).

Enabled

Select Enabled to enable port forwarding for

the applications you have defined.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes
to clear your changes.

Applications & Gaming > Port Range

Triggering

The Port Range Triggering screen allows the Router to
watch outgoing data for specific port numbers. The IP
address of the computer that sends the matching data is
remembered by the Router, so that when the requested
data returns through the Router, the data is pulled back
to the proper computer by way of IP address and port
mapping rules.

Applications and Gaming > Port Range Triggering

Port Range Triggering

Application Name

Enter the application name of the

trigger.

Triggered Range

For each application, enter the starting

and ending port numbers of the triggered port number
range. Check with the Internet application documentation
for the port number(s) needed.

Forwarded Range

For each application, enter the starting

and ending port numbers of the forwarded port number
range. Check with the Internet application documentation
for the port number(s) needed.

Enabled

Select Enabled to enable port triggering for the

applications you have defined.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes
to clear your changes.

Applications and Gaming > DMZ

The DMZ feature allows one network computer to be
exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose
service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing.
DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to
one computer. The Port Range Forwarding feature is more
secure because it only opens the ports you want to have
opened, while DMZ hosting opens all the ports of one
computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.

Applications and Gaming > DMZ

DMZ

Any computer whose port is being forwarded must have
its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new
static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may
change when using the DHCP function.

Enabled/Disabled

To disable DMZ hosting, select

Disabled. To expose one computer, select Enabled. Then
configure the following settings:

Source IP Address

If you want any IP address to be the

source, select Any IP Address. If you want to specify an IP
address or range of IP addresses as the designated source,
select and complete the IP address range fields.

Destination

If you want to specify the DMZ host by IP

address, select IP Address and enter the IP address in
the field provided. If you want to specify the DMZ host

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