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4.4 Popular Applications
The Asanté router effectively hides all your computers behind its firewall using
network address translation (NAT, RFC 1631) technology. The router’s IP net-
work address is exposed to the Internet, but your computers on the LAN are
safely protected.
From time to time, you may want to selectively open your router’s firewall to en-
able 2-way communications for your networked applications (or games!) for a
single computer on your network. Use the Popular Applications feature to define
those settings.
The router’s pre-defined settings will quickly get you started i\If you are planning
to use one of the following applications:
•
Battle.net
•
Dialpad
•
ICU II
•
MSN Gaming Zone
•
PC-to-Phone
•
QuickTime 4 Streaming
Tip
:
If your computer is running Windows XP, then
the router will be automatically configured using
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for many applica-
tions, including Windows Messenger.
Tip
:
You can also define up to four custom settings
for your applications, but only one computer can use
the port settings at a time. If more than one com-
puter needs simultaneous access, then use the
router’s DMZ feature.
