Local Game Host Or Videoconference Example; Setting Static Routes - NETGEAR RT311 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers
In order for a remote user to access this server from the Internet, the remote user must know the IP
address that has been assigned by your ISP. If this address is 172.16.1.23, for example, an Internet
user can access your Web server by directing the browser to http://172.16.1.23. The assigned IP
address can be found in Menu 24.1, in the WAN IP Address field.
Sample considerations for this application are:
• If your account's IP address is assigned dynamically by your ISP, the IP address may change
periodically as the DHCP lease expires.
• If the IP address of the local PC is assigned by DHCP, it may change when the PC is rebooted.
To avoid this, change the configuration of your PCs to use fixed private addresses rather than
DHCP-assigned addresses.
• Local PCs must access the local server using the PCs' local LAN address (192.168.0.3 in this
example). Attempts by local PCs to access the server using the external IP address
(172.16.1.23 in this example) will fail.

Local Game Host or Videoconference Example

Some online games and videoconferencing applications are incompatible with NAT. The Model
Model RT311 and RT314 routers are programmed to recognize some of these applications and to
work properly with them, but there are other applications that may not function well. In some
cases, one local PC can run the application properly if that PC's IP address is entered as the default
in Menu 15. If one local PC acts as a game or videoconference host, enter its IP address as the
default.

Setting Static Routes

Under normal circumstances, the router has adequate routing information after you configure the
Internet access information, and you do not need to configure additional static routes. You must
configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets
located on your network.
To view the routes in the routing table:
In the Manager interface, open Menu 24 - System Maintenance.
1.
Type 8 and press [Enter] to change to the Command Interpreter Mode.
2.
At the command prompt, type:
3.
ip route stat
Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Access 6-5