Configuring Port Forwarding To Local Servers - NETGEAR WGR614v8 Reference Manual

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Configuring 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.
Figure 5-5
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 WAN Setup menu as discussed in
page 5-9.
Before starting, you'll need to determine which type of service, application or game you'll provide
and the IP address of the computer that will provide each service. Be sure the computer's IP
address never changes.
Note: To assure that the same computer always has the same IP address, use the reserved
IP address feature of your Wireless Router. See
page 5-13
To configure port forwarding to a local server:
5-6
for instructions on how to use reserved IP addresses
v1.0, July 2007
"Configuring the WAN Setup Options" on
"Using Address Reservation" on
Advanced Router Configuration