Setting Up Port Forwardings Menu - bintec elmeg be.IP swift User Manual

10.4 Setting up port forwarding
Normally, your be.IP swift is protected by the firewall and Network
Address Translation (NAT) against all connections that come in from
the Internet for a destination in your local network but have not been
requested from there. For certain purposes, however, it may be
useful or even necessary to set up an exception for this protection,
e.g. if you want to reach be.IP swift from the Internet while traveling.
Some online games also require port forwarding in order to use
multiplayer functions.
To ensure that there is no unchecked gap in the security of your
network, port forwarding only ever allows certain incoming
connections to a specific destination within your network.
You will first see a list of entries that have already been created.
In addition to rules that forward specific traffic to specific
destinations, you can also set up what is called an Exposed Host.
A PC or server set up as an Exposed Host receives any type of traffic
that is not previously forwarded to another destination by a specific
rule.
Note
The Exposed Host setting makes the corresponding client
accessible to any data traffic. You should definitely secure this client
accordingly and isolate it within the local network if necessary!
The function is not available for backup connections!
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