2Wire HomePortal 1500CW, User Manual

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6 Using network-enabled games and applications
For security reasons, the HomePortal normally blocks communication from the
Internet to “application servers” on your home network. If you need to “host” an
application server in your home, you may designate one computer in your home as
the host computer for that application, allowing data specifically associated with
that application to pass through to that computer. Only one computer may host a
particular application server at a time.
To view available hosted applications:
1.
Double-click the icon on the bottom of the computer screen or point
your browser to http://homeportal to open the home console.
2.
From the home console, click the
Network
tab.
3.
Click the
Advanced...
link corresponding with the computer you want to
set up as a host computer.
To assign a hosted application to a computer:
1.
From the left-hand list of available hosted applications, click to select the
one you want to apply to your network computer.
2.
Click
Add>>
.
3.
Click
OK
.
To remove a hosted application assignment:
1.
From the right-hand list of assigned hosted applications, click to select
the one you want to remove from your network computer.
2.
Click
Remove
>>.
3.
Click
OK
.
If your computer is not powered on, it will appear as inactive (grayed-out) in the
list of Networked Devices. Even if your computer in inactive, you can designate it