TP-LINK AC1750 User Manual

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Chapter 
11
NAT Forwarding
Modem router’s NAT (Network Address Translation) feature makes the devices in the 
LAN use the same public IP address to communicate in the Internet, which protects the 
local network by hiding IP addresses of the devices. However, it also brings about the 
problem that external host cannot initiatively communicate with the specified device 
in the local network.
With forwarding feature the modem router can penetrate the isolation of NAT and 
allows the external hosts in the Internet to initiatively communicate with the devices in 
the local network, thus to realize some special functions.
TP-LINK modem router includes four forwarding rules. If two or more rules are set, the 
priority of implementation from high to low is Virtual Servers, Port Triggering, UPNP 
and DMZ.
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