Forwarding; Virtual Servers - TP-Link TL-WR840N User Manual

4.8 Forwarding

Figure 4-30 The Forwarding menu
There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-30), Virtual Servers,
Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding function.

4.8.1 Virtual Servers

Choose menu "Forwarding → Virtual Servers", you can view and add virtual servers in the
screen as shown in Figure 4-31. Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on
your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all
requests from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the
server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address
because its IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function.
Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of
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service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number, YYY is the end port
number).
Internal Port - The Internal Service Port number of the PC running the service application.
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You can leave it blank if the Internal Port is the same as the Service Port, or enter a
specific port number when Service Port is a single one.
IP Address - The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.
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Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols
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supported by the Router).
Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled.
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To set up a virtual server entry:
TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide
Figure 4-31 Virtual Servers
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