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WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual 4. Commonly used advanced features The following pages are setup examples of commonly used advanced features. You can setup these features via a web browser. 1) How to setup encryption WL-566gM encryption setup Please refer to Page 9-11 for encryption setup information or to use ASUS EZSetup features which enable a quick encryption setup through several mouse clicks (Chapter 6). 2) Setting up a virtual server in your LAN Virtual Server is a kind of technology which enables a computer within a local area network (LAN) to receive specialized packets from network, for example, when you need to make a host into an FTP server or Web server for outside user to access. Virtual DMZ is quite similar to Virtual Server, but it allows all incoming data packets instead of using policy to filter the packets. 1 Click Virtual Server in NAT Setting folder to open the NAT configuration page. 2 Select Yes to enable virtual server. For example, if host 192.168.1.100 need to be set to FTP server (Virtual server) which is accessible by outside user, we shall direct all incoming packets with 21 as the destination ports to the host. Therefore, FTP access request from outside users are forwarded to the host. 3 Click Finish. 4 Click Save & Restart to restart the wireless router and activate the settings. 12

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WL-566gM Wireless Router User Manual
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4. Commonly used advanced features
The following pages are setup examples of commonly used advanced features.
You can setup these features via a web browser.
1) How to setup encryption
WL-566gM encryption setup
Please refer to Page 9-11 for encryption setup information or to use ASUS EZSetup features
which enable a quick encryption setup through several mouse clicks (Chapter 6).
2) Setting up a virtual server in your LAN
Virtual Server is a kind of technology which enables a computer within a local area network
(LAN) to receive specialized packets from network, for example, when you need to make a
host into an FTP server or Web server for outside user to access. Virtual DMZ is quite similar
to Virtual Server, but it allows all incoming data packets instead of using policy to filter the
packets.
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Click
Virtual Server
in NAT Setting folder to open the NAT
configuration page.
Select
Yes
to enable virtual
server. For example, if host
192.168.1.100 need to be
set to FTP server (Virtual
server) which is accessible by
outside user, we shall direct
all incoming packets with 21
as the destination ports to the
host. Therefore, FTP access
request from outside users are
forwarded to the host.
Click
Finish
.
Click
Save & Restart
to restart
the wireless router and activate
the settings.