Configuring For Port Forwarding To Local Servers - NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT WNR854T Reference Manual

RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router Model WNR854T Reference Manual

Configuring for 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. From the Main Menu of the browser
interface, under Advanced, click on Port Forwarding to view the port forwarding menu, shown
below.
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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 Security Menu.
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 each service. Be sure the computer's IP
address never changes. To configure port forwarding to a local server:
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Advanced Configuration of the Router
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