Set Up A Default Dmz Server - NETGEAR Nighthawk RS200 User Manual

Nighthawk WiFi 7 Dual-Band Router Model RS200, Model RS150v1

Set up a default DMZ server

The default DMZ server feature is helpful when you are using some online games and
videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with Network Address Translation
(NAT). The router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work
correctly with them, but other applications might not function well. In some cases, one
local computer can run the application correctly if the IP address for that computer is
entered as the default DMZ server.
WARNING: DMZ servers pose a security risk. A computer designated as the
default DMZ server loses much of the protection of the firewall and is exposed
to exploits from the Internet. If compromised, the DMZ server computer can be
used to attack other computers on your network.
The router usually detects and discards incoming traffic from the Internet that is not a
response to one of your local computers or is not accessing a service that you configured
on the Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page. Instead of discarding this traffic, you can
specify that the router forwards the traffic to one computer on your network. This
computer is called the default DMZ server.
To set up a default DMZ server:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
router network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window displays.
3. Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified when you set
up your router. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup.
The WAN Setup page displays.
5. Select the Default DMZ Server check box.
6. Type the IP address.
This must be a static IP address. For more information, see Manage reserved LAN
IP addresses on page 97.
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
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