| Application Name
Enter the name of the application you
wish to configure.
External Port
This is the port number used by the
server or Internet application. Internet users must connect
using this port number. Check with the software documentation
of the Internet application for more information.
Internal Port
This is the port number used by the
Router when forwarding Internet traffic to the PC or server on
your LAN. Normally, this is the same as the External Port
number. If it is different, the Router performs a "Port
Translation", so that the port number used by Internet users
is different to the port number used by the server or Internet
application.
For example, you could configure your Web
Server to accept connections on both port 80 (standard) and
port 8080. Then enable Port Forwarding, and set the External
Port to 80, and the Internal Port to 8080. Now, any traffic
from the Internet to your Web server will be using port 8080,
even though the Internet users used the standard port, 80.
(Users on the local LAN can and should connect to your Web
Server using the standard port 80.)
Protocol
Select the protocol(s) used for this
application, TCP or UDP.
IP Address
For each application, enter the IP
address of the PC running the specific application.
Enabled
Click the Enabled checkbox to
enable port forwarding for the relevant application.
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