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Firewall
Firewall page lets you configure firewall settings to meet your requirements. It includes port-
forwarding, MAC filtering and IP filtering
Port forwarding
Port forwarding is the process of translating the address and port number of a packet to a new
destination.
Follow these steps to add a port-forwarding rule:
1.
Enable
– check to enable the Port forwarding.
2.
Press the
+
button.
Port forwarding form
The following port-forwarding rule creation window will pop-up. Choose a rule type (single
port or port range) and fill the fields in a window to define your rule:
Predefined rule
– select from a list of most common rules.
Name
– the name of the rule that will be visible in the list of your defined rules.
External port from/to
– external port range to be redirected to an identical internal
port range.
External port
– external port to be redirected to
Internal port.
Internal port
– port used by the destination device to receive data.
Protocol
– protocol in which rule operates.
Destination IP
– the address of the device to which all the data coming to the selected
external ports is forwarded to.
New port-forwarding rule windows
3.
Press
OK
button to accept the rule.
4.
Press
Apply
to save the rules to the configuration.
