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3.6 Port Forwarding
Click Start > Port Forwarding, it will jump to Advanced > NAT & DMZ page. In this
page, you can setup some port forwarding rules.
Port forwarding can be used to set up public services on your network. When users from
the Internet make certain requests on your network, the Device can forward those
requests to computers equipped to handle the requests. For example, if you set the port
number 443 (HTTPS) to be forwarded to IP address 192.168.16.12, then all HTTPS
requests from outside users will be forwarded to 192.168.16.12.
3.6.1 Port Forwarding Setup
Figure 3-15 Port Forwarding Setup
 Rule Name: Enter a name. It should be between 1 and 11 characters long.
 Protocol: Select the protocol which it uses, available options: TCP, UDP and GRE.
 Start External Port: Enter the lowest port number, which the Device provides for
outside users to access.
 Internal IP: Enter the IP address of the local server that you want outside users to
access.
 Start Internal Port: Enter the lowest port number used by the service.
 Port Count: Enter the number of ports used by the service. If the service uses only
one port number, enter 1. The maximum value is 20. For example, if the start
internal port is 21, the start external port is 2000 and the port count is 10, then the