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If the
NAPT
option is deactivated, the query packets from the LAN are forwarded from the LAN to the
WAN with their original sender IP and sender port. In this configuration, however, no answer frame
can be sent back from the WAN to the LAN.
6.3
Port forwarding
With the help of port forwarding ("Port forwarding for WAN to LAN traffic"), it can be configured that
packets at a certain TCP/UDP port of the WALL IE (WAN) can be forwarded to a participant in the
LAN.
In the following example, the website (Port 80) of the CPU can be reached with the IP 192.168.10.2
via WAN through access to IP 10.10.1.99 with Port 8001.