Default Dmz Server; Change The Mtu Size - NETGEAR WNDR3800 - N600 WIRELESS DUAL BAND GIGABIT ROUTER-Premium Edition User Manual

N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition WNDR3800

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.
Incoming traffic from the Internet is usually discarded by the router unless the traffic is 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 it
forwarded 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, do the following:
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 any device in the data path has a lower
MTU setting than the other devices, the data packets has to be split or "fragmented" to
accommodate the one with the smallest MTU.
The best MTU setting for NETGEAR equipment is often just the default value, and changing
the value might fix one problem but cause another. Leave 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:
A secure website that won't open, or displays only part of a Web page
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Yahoo email
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MSN portal
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America Online's DSL service
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