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The Applications and Gaming Tab - Port Range Forward

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The Applications and Gaming Tab - Port Range Forward

The Applications and Gaming Tab allows you to set up public services on your network, such as web servers, ftp

servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applications. (Specialized Internet applications are any

applications that use Internet access to perform functions such as videoconferencing or online gaming. Some

Internet applications may not require any forwarding.)

Port Range Forward

To forward a port, enter the information on each line for the criteria required. The criteria are described here.

Port Range

Application

. In this field, enter the name you wish to give the application. Each name can be up to 12 characters.

Start/End

. This is the port range. Enter the number that starts the port range under

Start

and the number that

ends the range under

End

.

Protocol

. Enter the protocol used for this application, either

TCP

or

UDP

, or

Both

.

IP Address

. For each application, enter the IP Address of the PC running the specific application.

Enable

. Click the

Enable

checkbox to enable port forwarding for the relevant application.

After you have made your changes, click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes, or click the

Cancel

Changes

button to cancel your changes.

Figure 5-48: Applications and Gaming Tab - Port Range

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The Applications & Gaming Tab - Port Triggering

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The Applications & Gaming Tab - Port Triggering

The

Port Triggering

screen allows the Router to watch outgoing data for specific port numbers. The IP address of

the computer that sends the matching data is remembered by the Router, so that when the requested data

returns through the Router, the data is pulled back to the proper computer by way of IP address and port mapping

rules.

Port Triggering

Application

. Enter the application name of the trigger.

Triggered Range

For each application, list the triggered port number range. Check with the Internet application documentation for

the port number(s) needed.

Start Port

. Enter the starting port number of the Triggered Range.

End Port

. Enter the ending port number of the Triggered Range.

Forwarded Range

For each application, list the forwarded port number range. Check with the Internet application documentation for

the port number(s) needed.

Start Port

. Enter the starting port number of the Forwarded Range.

End Port

. Enter the ending port number of the Forwarded Range.

After you have made your changes, click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes, or click the

Cancel

Changes

button to cancel your changes.

Figure 5-49: Applications and Gaming Tab - Port

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The Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ

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Figure 5-50: Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ

The Applications and Gaming Tab - DMZ

The DMZ feature allows one network user to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such

as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port

Range Forward feature is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ

hosting opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.

Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static

IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.

DMZ

To expose one PC, select

Enable

. Then, enter the computer's IP address in the

DMZ Host IP Address

field.

After you have made your changes, click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes, or click the

Cancel

Changes

button to cancel your changes.

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Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Media Storage Link Router

The Applications and Gaming Tab - QoS

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The Applications and Gaming Tab - QoS

Quality of Service (QoS) ensures better service to high-priority types of network traffic, which may involve

demanding, real-time applications, such as videoconferencing.

There are three types of Wired QoS available, Device Priority, Application Priority, and Ethernet Port Priority. You

can also configure Wireless QoS on this page.

Wired QoS

Enable/Disable

. To limit outgoing bandwidth for the QoS policies in use, select

Enable

. Otherwise, select

Disable

.

Upstream Bandwidth

. Select the bandwidth to be used from the drop-down menu. This setting allows you to

limit the outgoing bandwidth for the QoS policies in use, so you can control how much bandwidth a particular

application is allowed to use.

Device Priority

Device name

. Enter the name of your network device in the

Device name

field.

Priority

. Select its priority level from the drop-down menu.

MAC Address

. Enter its MAC Address in the fields provided.

Ethernet Port Priority

Ethernet Port Priority QoS allows you to prioritize performance for four of the Router’s ports, LAN Ports 1-4.

(Ethernet Port Priority QoS does not require support from your ISP because the prioritized ports are LAN ports

going out to your network.)

Priority

. For each port, select its priority level from the drop-down menu.

Flow Control

. If you want the Router to control the transmission of data between network devices, select

Enable

.

To disable this feature, select

Disable

.

Application Port Priority

Application Port Priority QoS manages information as it is transmitted and received. Depending on the settings of

the

QoS

screen, this feature will assign information a high or low priority for up to eight applications.

Figure 5-51: Applications and Gaming Tab - QOS

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Optimize Gaming Applications

. Click this checkbox if you want the Router to automatically assign higher

priority to common game application ports.

Application Name

. Enter the name of the application.

Priority

. For each port, select its priority level from the drop-down menu.

Specific Port #

. Enter the respective port number in the

Specific Port#

field.

Wireless QoS

The Router features Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM™) Support. The No Acknowledgement feature is available only

when the WMM Support feature is enabled.

WMM Support

. If you have other devices on your network that support WMM, select

Enable

from the drop-down

menu. Otherwise, keep the default,

Disable

.

No Acknowledgement

. If you want to disable the Router’s Acknowledgement feature, so the Router will not re-

send data if an error occurs, then select

Enable

from the drop-down menu. Otherwise, keep the default,

Disable

.

After you have made your changes, click the

Save Settings

button to apply your changes, or click the

Cancel

Changes

button to cancel your changes.

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