Port Forwarding/Port Triggering; Remote Computer Access Basics - Verizon 4G LTE User Manual

4. Select your preferred mode:
• Wi-Fi Repeater: Your router communicates only with another base station–mode
Wi-Fi device. You must enter the MAC address (physical address) of the other base
station–mode Wi-Fi device. WEP or WPA-PSK (TKIP) should be used to protect this
communication.
• Wi-Fi Base Station: Select only if this router is the master for a group of
repeater-mode Wi-Fi devices. The other repeater-mode Wi-Fi devices must be set to
Wi-Fi Repeater-mode, using this router's MAC address. They then send all traffic to
the master router. WEP security settings should be used to protect this traffic.
• If selected, you will need to enter the MAC addresses of the other access points in
the fields provided.
5. Click Apply.

Port Forwarding/Port Triggering

Your router is preset to block inbound traffic from the Internet to your computers, except for
replies to your outbound traffic.
You can create exceptions to this rule:
• Allow remote computers on the Internet to access a server on your local network.
• Allow certain applications and games to work correctly if your router does not recognize
their replies.
Your router provides two features for creating these exceptions:
• Port forwarding
• Port triggering
The next sections provide background information to help you understand these features.

Remote Computer Access Basics

When a computer on your network connects to a remote computer, smartphone, or tablet
through the Internet, your computer sends a message containing the source and destination
address and process information to your router. Before forwarding your message to the
remote computer, your router has to:
• Modify the source information
• Create and track the communication session so that replies can be routed back to your
computer
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