Description Of Address Mapping Settings; Port Forwarding - EE Brightbox User Manual

4. Click on Address Mapping in the left hand navigation menu:
Description of Address M apping settings
The table below contains a description of the settings on the Address Mapping page :
Section
Number
Global IP
Virtual IP range

PORT FORWARDING

Port Forwarding can be used to ensure that certain types of data are sent to a specific
computer, device or server connected to your home network. This may be required if you're
having problems using a particular online game, or maybe if you're an advanced user running
a web server from your home network.
For security purposes the router will normally block incoming traffic that is not a direct
response to a request from a computer on your local network. The Port Forwarding feature
will allow you to create special exception rules that allow incoming Internet traffic of certain
types (designated by Port Numbers) to be forwarded to a particular computer on your
network without being blocked by the router.
Before setting up a Port Forwarding rule, it is a good idea to reserve an IP address for the
device you wish to set up the rule for. You can do this in the Advanced Set-Up > DHCP
Description
This field is the index for the address mapping entry.
You can configure up to 10 address mapping entries.
Use this field to configure the global (WAN/Internet)
IP address you wish to share for the address
mapping entry.
Use this field to configure the range of local LAN IP
addresses that will share the global IP address.
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