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SpeedTouch™ Web Interface
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4.6.3
Assign Public IP
Introduction
This page allows you to assign the public IP address of your Internet Connection(s) to
a specific device on your local network. You might want to do this if:
±
You do not want to use the Network Address Translation engine of your
SpeedTouch™.
±
This device is running server applications (web server,...) and you want it to be
accessible from the Internet.
±
This device has to be considered as the unique access point to your local
network (DMZ).
Accessing the Assign
Public IP page
Proceed as follows:
1
On the
Home Network
menu, click
Devices
.
2
In the
Pick a task...
list, click
Assign the public IP address of a connection to a
device
.
Assigning the public IP
address to a device
Proceed as follows:
1
Click the
Edit
link of your Internet connection.
2
In the
Device
list, select the device you want to assign the public address to.
3
Click
Apply
.
4
The SpeedTouch™ prompts you that you will have to make some adjustments
as a result of the new configuration, click
OK
.
5
Release and renew the IP address of the device.
6
If needed, reassign server applications to this device.
You can also achieve this by creating a port mapping for the specified
server, as described in
“4.5.2 Game & Application Sharing” on
page 57
.
!
It is not recommended to use this feature as this device will loose all
security offered by the SpeedTouch™.
For more information, see your operating system’s user guide or help.