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							The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > VPN Service.
The VNP page 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 button.
Your settings are saved.
8.Click For Windows or For Non Windows button and download the configuration files for your VPN clients.
9.Unzip the configuration files and copy them to the folder where the VPN client is installed on your device.
For a client device with Windows 64-bit system, the VPN client is installed at C:\Programfiles\OpenVPN\config\
by default.
Use a VPN Tunnel to Access Your Internet Service at Home
To access your Internet service:
1.Set up the router to allow VPN access to your Internet service.
See Set Up VPN Client Internet Access in the Router on page 159.
2.On your computer, launch the OpenVPN application.
The OpenVPN icon displays in the Windows taskbar.
3.Right-click the icon and select Connect.
4.When the VPN connection is established, launch your Internet browser.
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Customize Internet Traffic Rules for Ports
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 on page 163
•Port Triggering on page 167
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							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 can also specify a default DMZ server to which the router forwards all other
incoming protocols.
Set Up Port Forwarding to a Local Server
To forward specific incoming protocols:
1.Decide which type of service, application, or game you want to provide.
2.Find the local IP address of the computer on your network that will provide the service.
You can usually find this information by contacting the publisher of the application or user groups or news groups.
The server computer must always use the same IP address.
3.Assign the server computer a reserved IP address.
See Manage Reserved LAN IP Addresses on page 71.
4.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
5.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
6.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
7.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
8.Leave the Port Forwarding radio button selected as the service type.
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							9.From the Service Name menu, select the service name.
If the service that you want to add is not in the menu, create a custom service. See Add a Custom Port Forwarding
Service on page 164.
10.In the Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of the computer that will provide the service.
11.Click the Add button.
The service displays in the menu.
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.Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the network.
3.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net .
A login window opens.
4.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
5.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page displays.
6.Leave the Port Forwarding radio button selected as the service type.
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							7.Click the Add Custom Service button.
8.In the Service Name field, enter a descriptive name.
9.From the Protocol menu, select the protocol.
If you are unsure, select TCP/UDP.
10.In the External port range field, enter the port numbers.
11.Specify the internal ports by one of these methods:
•Leave the Use the same port range for Internal port check box selected.
•Type the port numbers in the Internal Port Range field.
12.In the Internal IP address field, type the IP addressor select the radio button for an attached device listed in
the table.
13.Click the Apply button.
The service is now in the list on the Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page.
Edit a Port Forwarding Service
To edit a port forwarding entry:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
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							4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page displays.
5.Leave the Port Forwarding radio button selected as the service type.
6.In the table, select the radio button next to the service name.
7.Click the Edit Service button.
The Ports - Custom Services page displays.
8.Change the settings as needed.
9.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Delete a Port Forwarding Entry
To delete a port forwarding entry:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page displays.
5.Leave the Port Forwarding radio button selected.
6.In the table, select the radio button next to the service name.
7.Click the Delete Service button.
The service is deleted.
Application Example: Make a Local Web Server Public
If you host a web server on your local network, you can use port forwarding to allow web requests from anyone on
the Internet to reach your web server.
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							To make a local web server public:
1.Assign your web server either a fixed IP address or a dynamic IP address using DHCP address reservation.
In this example, your router always gives your web server an IP address of 192.168.1.33.
2.On the Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page, configure the router to forward the HTTP service to the local
address of your web server at 192.168.1.33.
HTTP (port 80) is the standard protocol for web servers.
3.(Optional) Register a host name with a Dynamic DNS service and specify that name in the Dynamic DNS page
of the router.
Dynamic DNS makes it much easier to access a server from the Internet because you can type the name in the
Internet browser. Otherwise, you must know the IP address that the ISP assigned, which typically changes.
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 a web server process.
2.Your router receives the message and finds your port forwarding rule for incoming port 80 traffic.
3.The router changes the destination in the message to IP address 192.168.1.123 and sends the message to that
computer.
4.Your web server at IP address 192.168.1.123 receives the request and sends a reply message to your router.
5.Your router performs Network Address Translation (NAT) on the source IP address and sends the reply through
the Internet to the computer or WiFi device that sent the web page request.
Port Triggering
Port triggering is a dynamic extension of port forwarding that is useful in these cases:
•An application must use port forwarding to more than one local computer (but not simultaneously).
•An application must open incoming ports that are different from the outgoing port.
With port triggering, the router monitors traffic to the Internet from an outbound “trigger” port that you specify. For
outbound traffic from that port, the router saves the IP address of the computer that sent the traffic.The router
temporarily opens the incoming port or ports that you specify in your rule and forwards that incoming traffic to that
destination.
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							Port forwarding creates a static mapping of a port number or range of ports to a single local computer. Port triggering
can dynamically open ports to any computer when needed and close the ports when they are no longer needed.
If you use applications such as multiplayer gaming, peer-to-peer connections, real-time
communications such as instant messaging, or remote assistance (a feature in Windows XP),
enable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). See Improve Network Connections With Universal Plug
and Play on page 98.
Note
Add a Port Triggering Service
To add a port triggering service:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page displays.
5.Select the Port Triggering radio button.
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							6.Click the Add Service button.
7.In the Service Name field, type a descriptive service name.
8.From the Service User menu, select a user option:
•Any (the default) allows any computer on the Internet to use this service.
•Single address restricts the service to a particular computer.
9.From the Service Type menu, select TCP or UDP or TCP/UDP (both).
If you are not sure, select TCP/UDP.
10.In the Triggering Port field, enter the number of the outbound traffic port that will open the inbound ports.
11.In the Connection Type, 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 Triggering
To enable port triggering:
1.Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the network.
2.Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.Enter the router user name and password.
The user name is admin.The default password is password.The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
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							4.Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Port Forwarding/Port Triggering.
The Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page displays.
5.Select the Port Triggering radio button.
6.Clear the Disable Port Triggering check box.
If this check box is selected, the router does not use port triggering even if you specified port triggering settings.
7.In the Port Triggering Timeout field, enter a value up to 9999 minutes.
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.
8.Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
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 particular outgoing port starts a session.
An example is Internet Relay Chat (IRC).Your computer connects to an IRC server at destination port 6667.The
IRC server not only responds to your originating source port but also sends an “identify” message to your computer
on port 113. Using port triggering, you can tell the router, “When you initiate a session with destination port 6667,
you must also allow incoming traffic on port 113 to reach the originating computer.”The following sequence shows
the effects of this port triggering rule:
1.You open an IRC client program to start a chat session on your computer.
2.Your IRC client composes a request message to an IRC server using a destination port number of 6667, the
standard port number for an IRC server process.Your computer then sends this request message to your router.
3.Your router creates an entry in its internal session table describing this communication session between your
computer and the IRC server.Your router stores the original information, performs Network Address Translation
(NAT) on the source address and port, and sends this request message through the Internet to the IRC server.
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