User's Manual

Chapter 11

NAT Forwarding

11. 3. Make Applications Free from Port Restriction

by DMZ

When a PC is set to be a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) host in the local network, it is totally

exposed to the internet, which can realize the unlimited bidirectional communication

between internal hosts and external hosts. The DMZ host becomes a virtual server with

all ports opened. When you are not clear about which ports to open in some special

applications, such as IP camera and database software, you can set the PC to be a DMZ

host.

Note:

When DMZ is enabled, the DMZ host is totally exposed to the internet, which may bring some potential safety hazard. If

DMZ is not in use, please disable it in time.

Make the home PC join the internet online game without port

restriction.

For example, due to some port restriction, when playing the

online games, you can login normally but cannot join a team with

other players. To solve this problem, set your PC as a DMZ with

all ports opened.

1. Assign a static IP address to your PC, for example

192.168.0.100.

2. Visit

http://tplinkwifi.net, and log in with the account you set

for the router.

3. Go to

Advanced > NAT Forwarding > DMZ and select Enable

DMZ

4. Enter the IP address 192.168.0.100 in the

DMZ Host IP

Address

filed.

5. Click Save.

The configuration is completed. You’ve set your PC to a DMZ

host and now you can make a team to game with other players.

I want to:

How can I

do that?

Done!