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8.5 Configuring Port Forwarding
This procedure introduces how to configure port forwarding so that a computer from the external
network can access the LAN-side server through the CPE WAN connection.
Context
If you have local servers for different services and you want to make them publicly accessible, you
need to specify the port forwarding policy. With
applied, it translates the internal IP addresses
of these servers to a single IP address that is unique on the Internet.
To the Internet users, all virtual servers on your
have the same IP Address. This IP Address
. This address should be static, rather than dynamic, to make it easier for
Internet users to connect to your Servers. However, you can use Dynamic DNS feature to allow
users to connect to your virtual servers by using a URL, instead of an IP address.
Steps
1. On the navigation tree, click [
Application→ Port Forwarding
]. The port forwarding configuration
Figure 46 Port Forwarding
lists the port forwarding parameters.
