User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- N300 Wireless Router with External Antennas WNR1500
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Router Internet Setup
- 3. Wireless Settings
- 4. Content Filtering
- Live Parental Controls
- Keyword Blocking of HTTP Traffic
- Block Outbound Traffic to Internet Services
- Set the Time Zone
- Schedule Blocking
- Enable Security Event Email Notification
- View Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access
- Allow Inbound Connections to Your Network
- Port Forwarding to a Local Server
- Port Triggering
- 5. Network Maintenance
- 6. Advanced Settings
- 7. Troubleshooting
- A. Supplemental Information
- B. Notification of Compliance
- Index
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NETGEAR N300 Wireless Router with External Antennas WNR1500 User Manual
• Port forwarding. You can use this feature to allow certain types of incoming traffic to
reach servers on your local network. For example, you might make a local Web server,
FTP server, or game server visible and available to the Internet.
• Port triggering. Port triggering is a dynamic extension of port forwarding that is useful in
these cases:
- More than one local computer needs port forwarding for the same application (but not
simultaneously).
- An application needs to open incoming ports that are different from the outgoing port.
Port forwarding and port triggering are described in the following sections.
Port Forwarding to a Local Server
Using the port forwarding feature, you can allow certain types of incoming traffic to reach
servers on your local network. For example, you might make a local Web server, FTP server,
or game server visible and available to the Internet.
Use the Port Forwarding screen to configure the router to forward specific incoming protocols
to computers on your local network. In addition to servers for specific applications, you can
also specify a default DMZ server to which all other incoming protocols are forwarded. The
DMZ server is configured in the WAN Setup screen, as discussed in Set Up a Default DMZ
Server on page 65.
Before starting, you need to determine which type of service, application, or game you will
provide, and the local IP address of the computer that will provide the service. Be sure the
computer’s IP address never changes.
Tip: To ensure that your server computer always has the same IP address,
use the reserved IP address feature of your WNR1500 router. See
Reserved IP Addresses Setup on page 69 for instructions on how to use
reserved IP addresses.