Port Forwarding - LevelOne WGR-8031 User Manual

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Port Forwarding

Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect common
network services to a specific machine behind the NAT firewall.
These settings are only necessary if you wish to host some sort
of server like a web server or mail server on the private local
network behind your Gateway's NAT firewall.
Your device has built in advanced Security features that protect
your network by blocking unwanted traffic from the Internet.
If you simply want to connect from your local network to the
Internet, you do not need to make any changes to the default
Security configuration. You only need to edit the configuration if
you wish to do one or both of the following:

allow Internet users to browse the user pages on your local
network (for example, by providing an FTP or HTTP server)

play certain games which require accessibility from the
Internet
This chapter describes how to configure Security to suit the
needs of your network.
By default, the IP addresses of your LAN PCs are hidden from
the Internet. All data sent from your LAN PCs to a PC on the
Internet appears to come from the IP address of your device.
In this way, details about your LAN PCs remain private. This
security feature is called Port Forwarding.
1. From the head menu, click on Firewall.
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