Netgear WAX204-WiFi User Manual - Page 79

Manage NAT filtering [router mode], ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup, Disable IGMP Proxying, Apply

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WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204 4. Select ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup. The WAN Setup page displays. 5. Clear the Disable IGMP Proxying check box. By default, this check box is selected and IGMP proxying is disabled. 6. Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved. Manage NAT filtering [router mode] Network Address Translation (NAT) determines how the access point processes inbound traffic. Secured NAT protects computers on the LAN from attacks from the Internet but might prevent some Internet services, point-to-point applications, or multimedia applications from working. Open NAT provides a much less secured firewall but allows almost all Internet applications to work. Secured NAT is the default setting. To change the default NAT filtering settings: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the access point network. 2. Enter http//www.routerlogin.net in the address field. If you are not connected to the access point network but to the same network as the access point, enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point. If you do not know the IP address, see Find the IP address of the access point when you cannot use routerlogin.net on page 27. A login window displays. If your browser does not display the login window but displays a security message and does not let you proceed, see Log in to the access point after initial setup on page 30. 3. Enter the access point local device password. The local device password is the one that you specified. The local device password is case-sensitive. The BASIC Home page displays. 4. Select ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup. The WAN Setup page displays. 5. Select a NAT Filtering radio button: • Secured. Provides a secured firewall to protect the computers on the LAN from attacks from the Internet but might prevent some Internet services, point-to-point Security, Firewall, and Access 79 Rules User Manual

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4.
Select
ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup
.
The WAN Setup page displays.
5.
Clear the
Disable IGMP Proxying
check box.
By default, this check box is selected and IGMP proxying is disabled.
6.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Manage NAT filtering [router mode]
Network Address Translation (NAT) determines how the access point processes inbound
traffic. Secured NAT protects computers on the LAN from attacks from the Internet but
might prevent some Internet services, point-to-point applications, or multimedia
applications from working. Open NAT provides a much less secured firewall but allows
almost all Internet applications to work. Secured NAT is the default setting.
To change the default NAT filtering settings:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
access point network.
2.
Enter
http//www.routerlogin.net
in the address field.
If you are not connected to the access point network but to the same network as the
access point, enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point. If you do not
know the IP address, see Find
the
IP
address
of
the
access
point
when
you
cannot
use
routerlogin.net
on page 27.
A login window displays.
If your browser does not display the login window but displays a security message
and does not let you proceed, see Log
in
to
the
access
point
after
initial
setup
on
page 30.
3.
Enter the access point local device password.
The local device password is the one that you specified. The local device password
is case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.
Select
ADVANCED > Setup > WAN Setup
.
The WAN Setup page displays.
5.
Select a NAT Filtering radio button:
Secured
. Provides a secured firewall to protect the computers on the LAN from
attacks from the Internet but might prevent some Internet services, point-to-point
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Security, Firewall, and Access
Rules
WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204