Netgear R7900 Nighthawk X6 Ac3000 Tri Band Wifi Gigabit Router User Manual

Use VPN to Access Your Network 
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The BASIC Home screen displays.
4. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VNP screen displays.
5. Select the Enable VPN Service radio button.
6. Scroll down to the Clients will use this VPN connection to access section, and select the 
Home Network only radio button.
This is the default setting. The VPN connection is only to your home network, not to the 
Internet service for your home network.
7. Click the Apply...

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14.   Specify Internet Port Settings
You can use port forwarding and port triggering to set up rules for Internet traffic. You need 
networking knowledge to set up these features.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server 
•Set Up Port Triggering  

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Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server
If your home network includes a server, you can allow certain types of incoming traffic to 
reach the server. For example, you might want to make a local web server, FTP server, or 
game server visible and available to the Internet.
The router can forward incoming traffic with specific protocols to computers on your local  network. 
 You can specify the servers for applications and you...

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9. In the Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of the computer that will provide the 
service. 
10.  Click the  Add button.
The service displays in the list.
Add a Custom Port Forwarding Service
To add a custom service:
1.  Find out which port number or range of numbers the application uses.
You can usually find this information by contacting the publisher of the \
application or user  groups or news groups.
2....

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In the field, you can enter the port, port range, or both. If you enter more than one value in 
the field, separate each value with a comma. For example, 30, 50–60.
11. Specify the internal ports by one of these methods:
•Leave the Use the same port range for Internal port check box selected.
•Clear the Use the same port range for Internal port check box and type the internal 
port range in the Internal Port Range field.
In the...

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Delete a Port Forwarding Entry
To delete a port forwarding entry:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the 
network.
2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com in the address field of the 
web browser.
A login screen displays.
3. Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and 
password are...

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How the Router Implements the Port Forwarding Rule
The following sequence shows the effects of a port forwarding rule:
1. When you type the URL www.example.com in your browser, the browser sends a web 
page request message with the following destination information: 
•Destination address. The IP address of www.example.com, which is the address of 
your router.
•Destination port number. 80, which is the standard port number for...

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Add a Port Triggering Service
To add a port triggering service:
1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connecte\
d to the 
network.
2.  Enter  http://www
 .routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com  in the address field of the 
web browser.
A login screen displays.
3.  Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is  admin. 
 The default password is password . The user name and...

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10. In the Triggering Port  field, enter the number of the outbound traffic port that will open the 
inbound ports. 
11.  In the Connection T
 ype, Starting Port , and Ending Port  fields, enter the inbound 
connection information.
12.  Click the  Apply button.
The service is now in the Portmap table. You must enable port triggering before the  router uses port triggering. See  Enable Port Triggering on page 169.
Enable Port...

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This value controls how long the inbound ports stay open when the router detects no 
activity. This value is required because the router cannot detect when the application 
terminates.
Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat 
Some application servers, such as FTP and IRC servers, send replies to multiple port 
numbers. Using port triggering, you can tell the router to open more incoming ports when a...