Configuring Port Forwarding To Local Servers - NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834M Reference Manual

Configuring Port Forwarding to Local Servers

Although the router causes your entire local network to appear as a single machine to the Internet,
you can make a local server (for example, a Web server or game server) visible and available to the
Internet. This is done using the Port Forwarding menu.
Use the Port Forwarding menu to configure the router to forward incoming protocols to computers
on your local network. In addition to servers for specific applications, you can also specify a
Default DMZ Server to which all other incoming protocols are forwarded. The DMZ Server is
configured in the WAN Setup menu as discussed in
page 6-11.
Before starting, you need to determine which type of service, application or game you will
provide, and the IP address of the computer that will provide the service. Be sure the computer's IP
address never changes.
Note: To assure that the same computer always has the same IP address, use the reserved
IP address feature of your WNR834M router. See
page 6-15
To configure port forwarding to a local server:
1. From the main menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Port Forwarding /
Port Triggering to view the port forwarding menu, shown below.
Figure 6-6
6-8
for instructions on how to use reserved IP addresses.
v1.3, May 2006
"Configuring the WAN Setup Options" on
"Using Address Reservation" on
Advanced Configuration of the Router