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After you click on the
Add
button, another window will pop-up.
Destination
: Specifies the IP address of the destination
computer. The destination can specified as the IP address
of a specific computer or an entire network. It can also be
specified as all zeros to indicate that this route should be
used for all destinations for which no other route is defined
(this is the route that creates the default gateway).
Netmask
: Indicates which parts of the destination address
refer to the network and which parts refer to a computer on
the network. The default gateway uses a netmask of
0.0.0.0.
NextHop
: Specifies the next IP address to send data to
when its final destination is that shown in the destination
column.
Click on the
Submit
button when completed and make sure
to
Commit & Reboot
.
9 Services
Click on the
Services
tab to view its sub-menu’s and configure
the service settings. The six sub-menu’s are: NAT, RIP, Firewall,
IP filter, DNS, and Blocked Protocols, DDNS, and UPNP. Each
one is described in detail below.
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9.1 NAT
Click on the
NAT
link to view the NAT global information table.
Network Address Translation is a method for disguising the
private IP addresses you use on your LAN as the public IP
address you use on the Internet. You define NAT rules that
specify exactly how and when to translate between public and
private IP addresses.
The NAT feature offers three sections. First, click on the
Enable
radio box, to enable the NAT feature. Then select a
NAT option from the drop down list.
The three options are: NAT Global Info, NAT Rule Entry, and
NAT translations. Each one is described below.
a) NAT
Global
Info
The table displays the idle times for several protocols; you
may change the times and then click on the
Submit
button.
