Setting Up Port Forwarding; To Setup Port Forwarding - Vonage VDV21-VD User Manual

Port Forwarding is used when you want to provide public access to services running on your
private LAN (such as a web server, e-mail server or FTP server). When a firewall is enabled,
certain ports on a LAN may be blocked. Port forwarding allows incoming traffi c from the Internet
a nd directs it to specific services on your LAN based on the configured IP address and port
number. In other words, re
P ortal will forward these requests to the appropriate port on the PC.
The specific port forwarding rules you need to implement will be detailed in the
d ocumentation. For your convenience, we have included a table of commonly used port numbers
below.

Setting up Port Forwarding

Caution: Incorrectly cha
increase the vulnerability of computers on your home network to hacker attacks. We recommend
that only users with advanced networking knowledge change these settings.

To setup Port forwarding:

Fro m the home page , click on the Advanced Setup tab. The
displayed. The Port Forwarding section is at the top of that
View the Terms of Service by visiting the Vonage website at www.vonage.com/tos. Pay particular attention to
Section 11 which explains limitations on Warranty, Remedy and Liability.
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quests from users are sent to your network via the Internet, and the V-
Service Protocol
HTTP TCP
FTP TCP
TFTP UDP
SMTP Both
POP3 TCP
NNTP TCP
Telnet Both
IRC TCP
SNMP Both
Finger TCP
Gopher TCP
Whois TCP
Rtelnet TCP
LDAP Both
UUCP TCP
nging these settings may interrupt your Internet or voice service or
Port Number
80
21
69
25
110
119
23
194
161
79
70
43
107
389
540
Port Setting screen will be
screen:
applications'
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