Smartec STR-3293, User Manual

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CONFIGURING THE DVR WITH A ROUTER INTO A LAN
The majority of any network will often consist of a single IP address which shares the internet access
through a router. This IP address may be any external (public) static IP address or any dynamic IP
address issued by the Internet Service Provider.
The purpose of a router is to enable multiple personal computers and any other devices that require
internet connection to access the internet simultaneously. Most routers by default enable (open)
commonly used ports so that mainstream applications such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP, Port
80), File Transfer Protocol (FTP, Port 21), Telnet (Port 23) and Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3, Port 110)
are used.
Over the next pages, Linksys WRT54G was used to illustrate a sample procedure.