Verizon MI424-WR User Manual page 110

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Configuring Security Settings
6.4 Port Forwarding
2. Enter the host name (from the drop-down list) or local IP address of the
computer providing the service in the "Specify IP" text box. Note that only
one local network computer can be assigned to provide a specific service or
application.
3. Advanced.
Click
4. Select the Internet protocol to be provided from the "Protocol" drop-down
list. Depending on the protocol selected, additional options appear in
the screen.
5.
Select the connection with which this port forwarding rule will be active
from the "WAN Connection Type" drop-down list.
6. To select a port to forward communications to (this is optional), select
"Specify" from the "Forward to Port" drop-down list, then, in the text box
that appears, enter the port number. If no port is identified, select "Same as
Incoming Port. "
7.
If this port will be active all the time, select "Always" from the "Schedule"
drop-down list. If the rule will only be active at certain times, select "User
Defined" and click Add. Then, add a schedule rule (for more details about
schedule rules, see the "Advanced Settings" chapter of this manual).
8. If source and destination ports need to be specified, select Specify from the
drop-down menu list (by clicking on the appropriate arrow), then entering
the port numbers.
9. Apply to save the changes. The new port forwarding rule appears in
Click
the "Applied rules" table at the bottom of the screen.
How many computers can use a service or play a game simultaneously? The
answer may be a bit confusing. All the computers on the network can behave
as clients and use a specific service simultaneously. Being a client means the
computer within the network initiates the connection; for example, a computer
on the network can open an FTP connection with an FTP server on the Internet.
But only one computer on the network can operate as a server and respond to
requests from computers on the Internet (outside the local network).
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