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Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports The Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ The DMZ screen allows one local user to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming and videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port Range Forwarding is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ hosting opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function. DMZ DMZ. To use this feature, select Enable. To disable DMZ hosting, select Disable. DMZ Host IP Address. To expose one PC, enter the computer's IP address. To get the IP address of a computer, refer to "Appendix C: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter." Deactivate DMZ by entering a 0 in the field. When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the Save Settings button to save the changes, or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of a screen. For additional information, click More. Figure 5-23: Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ Chapter 5: Configuring the Router 36 The Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ

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Chapter 5: Configuring the Router
The Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ
Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports
The Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ
The
DMZ
screen allows one local user to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as
Internet gaming and videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. The Port
Range Forwarding is more secure because it only opens the ports you want to have opened, while DMZ hosting
opens all the ports of one computer, exposing the computer to the Internet.
Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static
IP address assigned to it because its IP address may change when using the DHCP function.
DMZ
DMZ
. To use this feature, select
Enable
. To disable DMZ hosting, select
Disable
.
DMZ Host IP Address
. To expose one PC, enter the computer’s IP address. To get the IP address of a computer,
refer to “Appendix C: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter.” Deactivate DMZ by
entering a
0
in the field.
When you have finished making changes to this screen, click the
Save Settings
button to save the changes, or
click the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your changes. Help information is shown on the right-hand side of a
screen. For additional information, click
More
.
Figure 5-23: Applications & Gaming Tab - DMZ