- Edimax Ethernet Broadband Router User's Manual

2.4.1 Port Forwarding
The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a
particular LAN IP address. It helps you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall.
Parameter Description
Enable Port Forwarding Enable Port Forwarding
Private IP
This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT firewall.
Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP address for Port Forwarding
to work properly.
Type
This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP”
packets only or select “both” to forward both “TCP” and “UDP” packets.
Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP.
Comment The description of this setting.
Add Port Forwarding into
the table
Fill in the "Private IP", “Type”, “Port Range” and "Comment" of the setting to be added
and then click "Add". Then this Port Forwarding setting will be added into the "Current
Port Forwarding Table" below. If you find any typo before adding it and want to retype
again, just click "Clear" and the fields will be cleared.
Remove Port Forwarding
into the table
If you want to remove some Port Forwarding settings from the " Current Port Forwarding
Table", select the Port Forwarding settings you want to remove in the table and then click
"Delete Selected". If you want remove all Port Forwarding settings from the table, just
click "Delete All" button. Click "Reset" will clear your current selections.
Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections
or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)
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