Default Dmz Server; Change The Mtu Size - NETGEAR R6300 User Manual

applications, or multimedia applications from functioning. Open NAT provides a much
less secured firewall, but allows almost all Internet applications to function.

Default DMZ Server

The default DMZ server feature is helpful when you are using some online games and
videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with Network Address Translation
(NAT). The router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work
correctly with them, but there are other applications that might not function well. In some
cases, one local computer can run the application correctly if that computer's IP address is
entered as the default DMZ server.
WARNING!
DMZ servers pose a security risk. A computer designated as the
default DMZ server loses much of the protection of the firewall
and is exposed to exploits from the Internet. If compromised, the
DMZ server computer can be used to attack other computers on
your network.
The router usually detects and discards Incoming traffic from the Internet that is not a
response to one of your local computers or a service that you have configured in the Port
Forwarding/Port Triggering screen. Instead of discarding this traffic, you can have the router
forward the traffic to one computer on your network. This computer is called the default DMZ
server.
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To set up a default DMZ server:
On the WAN Setup screen, select the Default DMZ Server check box.
1.
Type the IP address.
2.
Click Apply.
3.

Change the MTU Size

The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is the largest data packet a network device
transmits. When one network device communicates across the Internet with another, the data
packets travel through many devices along the way. If a device in the data path has a lower
MTU setting than the other devices, the data packets have to be split or "fragmented" to
accommodate the device with the smallest MTU.
The best MTU setting for NETGEAR equipment is often just the default value. In some
situations, changing the value fixes one problem but causes another. Leave the MTU
unchanged unless one of these situations occurs:
You have problems connecting to your ISP or other Internet service, and the technical
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support of either the ISP or NETGEAR recommends changing the MTU setting. These
web-based applications might require an MTU change:
R6300 WiFi Router 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit
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