Port Forwarding - NETGEAR CG814WG Reference Manual

section of the main menu.
Figure 5-5: Port Blocking menu
• To block outbound traffic, select the service you would like to block from the drop-down
list of predefined services. Click Add.
• If the service you would like to block is not in the predefined list, you can add a custom
service. Enter the range of ports you would like to block and select whether the ports are
TCP, UDP or Both. Click Add.
• To delete an existing rule, select its button on the left side of the table and click Delete.

Port Forwarding

Because the CG814WG uses Network Address Translation (NAT), your network presents only one
IP address to the Internet, and outside users cannot directly address any of your local computers.
However, by defining an inbound rule you can make a local server (for example, a web server or
game server) visible and available to the Internet. The rule tells the gateway to direct inbound
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