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TL-WR940N Wireless N Router Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the previous page. 4.8 Forwarding Figure 4-29 The Forwarding menu There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-29): Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, DMZ and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 4.8.1 Virtual Servers Choose menu "Forwarding→Virtual Servers", you can view and add virtual servers in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-30). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address because its IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function. Figure 4-30 Virtual Servers ¾ Service Port - The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of service ports (in XXX - YYY format, XXX is the start port number, YYY is the end port number). ¾ IP Address - The IP Address of the PC providing the service application. ¾ Protocol - The protocol used for this application, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the Router). ¾ Status - The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled. -49-

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TL-WR940N
Wireless N Router
Click the
Next
button to go to the next page and Click the
Previous
button to return the previous
page.
4.8 Forwarding
Figure 4-29 The Forwarding menu
There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in
Figure 4-29
):
Virtual Servers
,
Port Triggering
,
DMZ
and
UPnP
. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding function.
4.8.1 Virtual Servers
Choose menu “
Forwarding
→
Virtual Servers
”, you can view and add virtual servers in the next
screen (shown in
Figure 4-30
). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public services on your
LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests
from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP.
Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP Address because its
IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function.
Figure 4-30
Virtual Servers
¾
Service Port -
The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a range of
service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number, YYY is the end port
number).
¾
IP Address -
The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.
¾
Protocol -
The protocol used for this application, either
TCP
,
UDP
, or
All
(all protocols
supported by the Router).
¾
Status -
The status of this entry either
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
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