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Chapter 5: Fine-Tuning Your Network
N150 Wireless Router User Manual
Before starting, you need to determine which type of service, application, or game you will
provide, and the local IP address of the computer that will provide the service. Be sure the
computer’s IP address never changes.
Tip:
To ensure that your server computer always has the same IP address,
use the reserved IP address feature of your WNR1000v3h2 router. See
Using Address Reservation
on page
50 for instructions on how to use
reserved IP addresses.
To configure port forwarding to a local server:
1.
Select
Port Forwarding/Port Triggering
under Advanced in the main menu. The Port
Forwarding/Port Triggering screen displays
Figure 1.
2.
From the
Service Name
list, select the service or game that you will host on your network.
If the service does not appear in the list, see the following section,
Adding a Custom Service
.”
3.
In the corresponding
Server IP Address
fields, enter the last digit of the IP address of your
local computer that will provide this service.
4.
To the right of Server IP Address, click
Add
. The service appears in the list in the screen.
Adding a Custom Service
To define a service, game, or application that does not appear in the Service Name list, you
must first determine which port number or range of numbers is used by the application. You
can usually determine this information by contacting the publisher of the application or user
groups or newsgroups. When you have the port number information, follow these steps:
1.
Select
Port Forwarding/Port Triggering
under Advanced in the main menu.
2.
Click
Add Service
(see
Figure
on page
62).The Ports–Custom Services screen displays.
