Allow Netmeeting H.323 Connections Through Your Router; Allow/Deny Ping Requests To Your Router From The Internet - TRENDnet TW100-BRF214 User Manual

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Allow NetMeeting H.323 connections through your router

Advanced Setup > NAT > Passthrough
The NetMeeting H.323 passthrough applies only to you if you are using the NetMeeting
application on your network. NetMeeting is a Windows-based application used for VoIP
(Voice over IP) and video conferencing communications over the Internet. The
NetMeeting application requires the use of the H.323 protocol for video/audio
conferencing. If you use the NetMeeting application in your network for video
conferencing, please ensure the NetMeeting H.323 passthrough option is checked
(Enabled).
1. Log into your router management page (see "Access your router management page"
on page 16).
2. Click on Advanced Setup and click on NAT, then click on Passthrough.
3. Under NetMeeting, check the H323/Netmeeting passthrough option to enable the
protocol required for the NetMeeting application to communicate through your router.
Unchecking this option will disable the feature.
Note: It is recommended to leave these settings enabled.
4. Click OK at the bottom of the page to apply the changes. After the settings have been
applied, click Continue on the following page.
Note: If you would like to discard the changes, click Cancel before you click OK.
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Allow/deny ping requests to your router from the Internet

Advanced Setup > Firewall > Block WAN Ping
To provide additional security, you may want to disable your router from responding to
ping or ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) requests from the Internet. A ping is
network communication test to check if a device with an IP address is alive or exists on
the network. By disabling this feature, you can conceal your router's IP address and
existence on the Internet by denying responses to ping requests from the Internet.
1. Log into your router management page (see "Access your router management page"
on page 16).
2. Click on Advanced Setup and click on Firewall, then click on Block WAN Ping.
3. Check the Block PING from WAN side option to deny ping requests from the Internet
to your router. Uncheck the option to allow ping requests from the Internet to your
router.
4. Click Apply at the bottom of the page to apply the changes. After the settings have
been applied, click Continue on the following page.
Note: If you would like to discard the changes, click Cancel before you click Apply.
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