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Advanced > DMZ
Firewalls may conflict with certain interactive applications such as video conferencing or
playing Internet video games. For these applications, a firewall bypass can be set up
using a DMZ IP address. The DMZ IP address is a “visible” address and does not
benefit from the full protection of the firewall function. Therefore it is advisable that other
security precautions be enabled to protect the other computers and devices on the LAN.
It may be wise to use isolate the device with the DMZ IP address from the rest of the
LAN.
For example, if you want to use video conferencing and still use a firewall, you can use
the DMZ IP address function. In this case, you must have a PC or server through which
video conferencing will take place. The IP address of this PC or server will then be the
DMZ IP address. You can designate the server’s IP address as the DMZ by typing in the
IP address in the IP Address space provided and then enabling its status by clicking the
Enabled
radio button and then click Apply.
For the system that uses the DMZ IP address, you may want to manually assign an IP