User's Guide

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3.5.1 Port Forwarding
Port Forwarding can be used to open certain ports of a device to communicate with an Internet
service. To turn on Port Forwarding, slide the Port Forwarding switch on the bottom right of the
General Information page to the right. The switch turns blue to indicate that the function is turned on.
To turn off this function, slide the switch to the left. To access this page, click Port Forwarding on the
General Information page.
From the Port Forwarding page, enter the appropriate forwarding options listed on the page, then click
Add to save your changes, or click Cancel to discard any changes you made. Click Close to close this
page. The options include:
Add Rules
17. Rule Name
Type the name of the service for which the port forwarding rule has been created in the Rule Name
text field.
18. From Port
Type the value of the WAN port from which you want to forward packets. Please note that only a
single port (for instance, 3000) or range (for instance, 3000–3005) can be specified. 0 would mean
any port.
19. Protocol