Port Forwarding - Verizon 5G Home Router User Manual

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Port Forwarding

Port Forwarding can be used to open certain ports of a device to communicate with an
Internet service. To turn on the Port Forwarding, slide the Port Forwarding switch on
the bottom right of the General Information page to the right. The switch turns blue
to indicate that the function is turned on. To turn off this function, slide the switch to
the left. To access this page, click Port Forwarding on the General Information
page.
From the Port Forwarding page, enter the appropriate forwarding options listed on
the page, then click Add to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard any changes
you made. Click Close to close this page. The options include:
Add Rules
Rule Name
Type the name of the service for which the port forwarding rule has been created.
From Port
Type the value of the WAN port from which you want to forward packets.
Protocol
Choose the protocol to be used for port forwarding.
IP Address
The local server's IP address.
To Port
Type the value of the LAN port to which you want to receive the forwarded packets.
Configured Ports
This table displays the ports that have been configured.
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