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TD-8840T
ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide
 
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4.7  Forwarding 
 
There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu: Virtual ServersPort TriggeringDMZ 
and UPnP. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. 
4.7.1  Virtual Servers 
Choose menu “Forwarding → Virtual Servers”, and then you can view and add virtual servers 
in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-26). Virtual servers can be used for setting up public 
services on your LAN. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet 
to this service port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was 
used for a virtual server must have a static or reserved IP address because its IP address may 
change when using the DHCP function.   
 
Figure 4-26 
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Service Port: The numbers of External Service Ports. You can enter a service port or a 
range of service ports (the format is XXX – YYY; XXX is the Start port and YYY is the End 
port).  
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IP Address: The IP address of the PC running the service application.   
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Protocol: The protocol used for this application, either TCP,  UDP, or All  (all protocols 
supported by the Modem Router).   
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Status: The status of this entry, "Enabled" means the virtual server entry is enabled.   
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Edit: To modify or delete an existing entry.   
To setup a virtual server entry:   
1. Click 
the 
Add New button. (pop-up
2.  Select the service you want to use from the Common Service Port list. If the Common 
Service Port menu does not list the service that you want to use, enter the number of the 
service port or service port range in the Service Port field. 
3.  Select the service you want to use from the Use Interface list.   
4.  Enter the IP address of the computer running the service application in the IP Address field.