User`s manual

Advanced settings

1. NAT configuration

The Vodafone DSL Router has a pre-activated “Firewall” to ensure maximum security.

Consequently, access is permitted only to outgoing connections. This function may affect

certain applications, such as communication tools (e.g. video conferencing, etc.) or server

applications (FTP, SMTP).

The “Port Forwarding” option allows any data packets received via the specific TCP/IP port to

be transmitted to a specific device on the internal network.

If you wish to have Internet access to a server (web, e-mail, ftp, game server, etc.) on your

local area network via a specific port, you will have to set a forwarding rule which will direct

any TCP/UDP packets received via the port to the network device. If the server in question has

to forward a number of ports, you may set an equal number of different forwarding rules or a

range of successive ports under the same rule.

For a example, if you want to have Internet access to a web server with the IP address

192.168.1.2 on your local area network, you will have to set a forwarding rule which will

redirect any TCP packets received by the Vodafone DSL Router via port 80 to the device with

the IP address 192.168.1.2.

To configure “Port Forwarding” rules on your Vodafone DSL Router:

• Select “Port Forwarding” in the “Firewall” section on the horizontal menu.

• Select “Add new” to create a new rule.

• Choose your preferred application from the dropdown menu.

• If you are unable to find your preferred application in the list, you may set it by choosing

“Custom” and entering the protocol type (TCP or UDP) and the port number used for

data packet forwarding.

• Set the IP address on your local area network and, optionally, the destination port if

you want it to be different from the one entered in the fields used to set the “Application”.

The request will be forwarded to this “Private address”.

• Select “OK” to save the settings.

• Repeat the process for any application you want to exclude from the “Firewall”.