DSL-504G ADSL Router User’s Guide
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Virtual Server
A Virtual Server can allow remote users to access services on your LAN such as FTP for file transfers or SMTP
and POP3 for e-mail. The DSL-504G will accept remote requests for these services at your Global IP Address,
using the specified TCP or UDP protocol and port number, and then redirect these requests to the server on your
LAN with the Private IP address you specify. Remember that the Private IP Address must be within the range
specified for your LAN.
The Virtual Server feature employs UDP/TCP port redirection to direct traffic through the WAN port to
specified servers on your private network. Port redirection can also be used to direct potentially hazardous
packets to a proxy server outside your firewall. For example, you can configure the Router to direct HTTP
packets to a designated HTTP server in the DMZ. You can define a set of instructions for a specific incoming
port or for a range of incoming ports. Each instruction set or rule is indexed and can be modified or deleted later
as needed.
Virtual server configuration sets can be used together with complimentary features such as Firewall Rules, DMZ
devices and IP Filters to improve efficiency and security. Consider how these other functions will effect the
virtual server sets you have configured and enabled.
The table below describes the configuration settings presented in the Virtual Server menu.
NAT Configuration
The Virtual Server menu also allows you to enable and disable Network Address Translation (NAT) system wide.
See the previous discussion of NAT if you intend to disable it.
Figure 4- 3. Virtual Server Menu and List
To modify virtual server settings for any previously created virtual server set listed, click on the note pad icon in
the right hand column of the
Virtual Servers List
for the set you want to configure. The set will appear
highlighted in the list and the parameters that have been configured appear in the settings fields above the list.
Adjust the settings as desired and click the
Apply
button to put them into effect.
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