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Virtual Server

Enter a name for the rule.

Enter the IP address of the computer on your local network that you

want to allow the incoming service to. Alternatively, select the device

from the drop-down menu.

Select the protocol of the traffic to allow or deny (

TCP

,

UDP

,

Both

,

or

Other

).

If you entered

Other

above, enter the protocol number.

Enter the public port you want to open.

Enter the private port you want to open.

Use the drop-down menu to select the time schedule that the rule

will be enabled on. The schedule may be set to

Always Enable

, or

you can create your own schedules in the

Schedules

section (refer

to

Schedule

on page 64).

Click

Apply

when you are done.

The virtual server allows you to specify a single public port on your router for

redirection to an internal LAN IP Address and Private LAN port. To configure the

virtual server, from the Port Forwarding page click

Virtual Server

. To return to the

main Port Forwarding page, click

Port Forwarding

.

If you wish to remove a rule, click on its trash can icon in the Delete column. If you

wish to edit a rule, click on its pencil icon in the Edit column. If you wish to create a

new rule, click the

Add Rules

button

.

Click

Save

when you are done. If you edit or

create a rule, the following options will appear:

Name:

Local IP:

Protocol:

Protocol

Number:

External Port:

Internal Port:

Schedule:

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Website Filter

The website filter settings allow you to block access to certain web sites. You can

either create a list of sites to block, or create a list of sites to allow (with all other sites

being blocked).

In the Features menu on the bar on the top of the page, click

Website Filter

.

If you want to create a list of sites to block, select

DENY computers access to ONLY

these sites

from the drop-down menu. All other sites will be accessible. If you want

to specify a list of sites to allow, select

ALLOW computers access to ONLY these

sites

from the drop-down menu. All other sites will be blocked.

You may specify a maximum of fifteen web sites. To add a new site to the list, click

Create New Rule

. Next, under Website URL/Domain enter the URL or domain. If you

wish to remove a rule, click on its trash can icon in the Delete column. If you wish to

edit a rule, simply replace the URL or domain.

Click

Save

when you are done.

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Static Routes

Enter a name for the rule.

Enter the IP address of packets that will take this route.

Enter the netmask of the route.

Enter your next hop gateway to be taken if this route is used.

The route metric is a value from 1 to 16 that indicates the cost of

using this route. A value 1 is the lowest cost and 15 is the highest cost.

Select the interface that the IP packet must use to transit out of the

router when this route is used.

Click

Apply

when you are done.

The Static Routes section allows you to define custom routes to control how data

traffic is moved around your network.

In the Features menu on the bar on the top of the page, click

Static Routes

.

To configure IPv6 rules, click

IPv6

and refer to

IPv6

on page 60. To return to the

main IPv4 static routes page, click

IPv4

.

If you wish to remove a rule, click on its trash can icon in the Delete column. If you

wish to edit a rule, click on its pencil icon in the Edit column. If you wish to create a

new rule, click the

Add Rules

button

.

Click

Save

when you are done. If you edit or

create a rule, the following options will appear:

Name:

Destination

Network:

Mask:

Gateway:

Metric:

Interface:

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Enter a name for the rule.

This is the IP address of the router used to reach the specified

destination.

Enter the IPv6 address prefix length of the packets that will take this

route.

Enter the metric value for this rule here.

Select the interface that the IP packet must use to transit out of the

router when this route is used.

Click

Apply

when you are done.

Name:

DestNetwork:

PrefixLen:

Metric:

Interface:

IPv6

To configure IPv6 rules, on the Static Routes page click

IPv6

. To return to the main

IPv4 static routes page, click

IPv4

.

If you wish to remove a rule, click on its trash can icon in the Delete column. If you

wish to edit a rule, click on its pencil icon in the Edit column. If you wish to create a

new rule, click the

Add Rules

button

.

Click

Save

when you are done. If you edit or

create a rule, the following options will appear:

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Dynamic DNS

Most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) assign dynamic (changing) IP addresses. Using

a dynamic DNS service provider, people can enter your domain name in their web

browser to connect to your server no matter what your IP address is.

In the Features menu on the bar on the top of the page, click

Dynamic DNS

.

Enabling dynamic DNS will reveal further configuration options.

Displays the current dynamic DNS connection status.

Enter the address of your dynamic DNS server, or select one from

the drop-down menu.

Enter the host name that you registered with your dynamic DNS

service provider.

Enter your dynamic DNS username.

Enter your dynamic DNS password.

Enter a timeout time (in hours).

Click

Save

when you are done.

Enable

Dynamic DNS:

Status:

Server Address:

Host Name:

User Name:

Password:

Time Out:

At the bottom of the page are the IPv6 host settings. To configure an IPv6 dynamic

DNS host, refer to

IPv6 Host

on page 62.