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Advanced Settings

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A750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router JR6150

How Port Forwarding Differs from Port Triggering

The following points summarize the differences between port forwarding and port triggering:

• Any computer on your network can use port triggering, although only one computer can

use it at a time.

• Port forwarding is configured for a single computer on your network.

• Port

triggering does not require that you know the computer’s IP address in advance. The

IP address is captured automatically

• Port forwarding requires that you specify the computer’s IP address during configuration,

and the IP address can never change.

• Port triggering requires specific outbound traffic to open the

inbound ports, and the

triggered ports are closed after a period of no activity.

• Port forwarding is always active and does not need to be triggered.

Set Up Port Forwarding to Local Servers

You can configure the router to forward specific incoming protocols to computers on your

local network. For example, you might want to make a local web server, FTP server, or game

server visible and available to the Internet. In addition to servers for specific applications, you

can also specify a default DMZ server to which all other incoming protocols are forwarded.

Before starting, you must determine which type of service, application, or game you want to

provide, and the local IP address of the computer that should provide the service. The server

computer must always have the same IP address.

Tip: T

o ensure that your server computer always has the same IP address,

use the reserved IP address feature (see

Address Reservation on

page 50) of your router.

 To set up port forwarding:

1. Log in to the router.

For more information, see

Use NETGEAR genie after Installation on page 17.

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Netgear AC750 User Manual Page 122