Default Dmz Server; Change The Mtu Size - NETGEAR DGND4000 User Manual

N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL Modem Router DGND4000
computers on the LAN from attacks from the Internet, but might prevent some Internet
games, point-to-point applications, or multimedia applications from functioning. Open
NAT provides a much less secured firewall, but allows almost all Internet applications to
function.
- Disable SIP ALG. Some VoIP applications do not work well with the SIP ALG.
Enabling this option to turn off the SIP ALG might help your VoIP devices to create or
accept a call through the router.

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 wireless modem 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 discarded by the wireless modem 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:
1. On the WAN Setup screen, select the Default DMZ Server check box.
2. Type the IP address.
3. Click Apply.

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 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, and changing
the value might fix one problem but cause another. Leave MTU unchanged unless one of
these situations occurs:
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