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LAN

You can configure the LAN IP address to suit your preference. Many users will find it convenient to use the default settings together with the DHCP

service to manage the IP settings for their private network. The IP address of the Router is the base address used for DHCP. In order to use the

Router for DHCP on your LAN, the IP address pool used for DHCP must be compatible with the IP address of the Router. The IP addresses

available in the DHCP IP address pool will change automatically if you change the IP address of the Router.

To access the

Local Area Network (LAN) Setup

window, click the

LAN

link in the

Advanced Setup

directory.

This window allows you to configure the LAN interface, Enable IGMP

Snooping and Configure DHCP Server settings. To enable IGMP tick the

Enable IGMP

check box. Choose from

Standard Mode

or

Blocking

Mode

by clicking the appropriate radio button. To enable the DHCP

server frunction, tick the

Enable DHCP Server

radio button and type in

the first IP address you want to use in your DHCP range in the

DHCP

Start IP Address

textbox and the type in the last IP address you want to

use in your DHCP range in the

End IP Address

textbox. You can also

configure a second IP Address and Subnet Mask by ticking the

Configure

the second IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN interface

check box

and typing in the second IP Address and Subnet

Mask in the appropriate boxes. When you are finished, click either the

Save

or

Save/Reboot

button.

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NAT

To access the

NAT Setup

window, click the

NAT

link in the

Advanced Setup

directory.

To configure virtual server settings, click the

Virtual Servers

link.

Click the

Add

button to add a new a new virtual server service.

Select a Service

from the drop-down menu or click the

Custom Server

radio button to create a custom service.

You can also configure the

External Port Start

,

External Port End

,

Protocol

,

Internal Port Start

,

Internal Port End

and

Remote IP

settings

for the service you want to setup on your Router.

When you have finished configuring the virtual server click the

Save/Apply

button.

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Click the

Port Triggering

link to add or remove Port Triggers.

Click the

Add

button to add a new Port Trigger. Click the

Remove

button to delete a Port Trigger.

Click the

Select an application

drop-down menu to choose the

application you want to setup for port triggering. When you have chosen

an application the default Trigger settings will populate the table below.

If the application you want to setup isn’t listed, click the

Custom

application

radio button and type in a name for the trigger in the

Custom application field. Configure the

Trigger Port Start

,

Trigger Port

End

,

Trigger Protocol

,

Open Port Start

,

Open Port End

and

Open

Protocol

settings for the port trigger you want to configure.

When you have finished click the

Save/Apply

button.

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Click the

DMZ Host

link in the

NAT

directory to add a new DMZ host

entry

in your Router.

Enter the IP address of the host you want to put in the DMZ in the

DMZ

Host IP Address

textbox.

Press the

Save/Apply

button when you have finished.

Security

To access the

Security

window, click the

Security

button in the

Advanced Setup

directory. The

Security

button appears after configuring the WAN

interface.

The

IP Filtering

button appears when configuring the WAN interface in PPPoA, PPPoE, MER, or IPoA.

IP Filtering - Outgoing

This window allows you to create a filter rule to block outgoing IP traffic by

specifying a filter name and at least one condition on this window. All of

the specified conditions in this filter rule must be satisfied for the rule to

take effect. Filters are used to allow or deny LAN or WAN users from

accessing the Internet or your internal network.

If you are setting up the outgoing IP filtering, click the

Add

button.

Enter the information in the section. Click the

Save/Apply

button to add

the entry in the active Outbound IP Filtering table.

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IP Filtering – Incoming

This window allows you to create a filter rule to allow incoming IP traffic

by specifying a filter name and at least one condition on this window. All

of

the specified conditions in this filter rule must be satisfied for the rule to

take effect. By default, all incoming IP traffic from the Internet is blocked

when the firewall is enabled.

If you are setting up the incoming IP filtering, click the

Add

button.

Enter the information in the section. Click the

Save/Apply

button to add

the entry in the active Inbound IP Filtering table.