Netgear FVS318v1 – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Reference Manual

Advanced WAN and LAN Configuration

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2.

From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Ports to view the port 
forwarding menu, shown in 

If you want the Firewall to respond to a 'ping' from the Internet, click the ‘Respond to Ping on 
Internet WAN Port’ check box. This should only be used as a diagnostic tool, since it allows your 
Firewall to be discovered. Don't check this box unless you have a specific reason to do so. 

Before starting, you'll need to determine which type of service, application or game you'll provide 
and the IP address of the computer that will provide each service. Be sure the computer’s IP 
address never changes. If the computers on your local network are assigned their IP addresses by 
the Firewall (by DHCP), use the Reserved IP address feature in the LAN IP menu to keep the 
computer’s IP address constant.

To set up a computer or server to be accessible to the Internet for an Internet service: 

1.

Click Add to bring up the Add Port menu. 

2.

From the Services list, select the Internet service, application or game you want to host. If the 
service, application or game does not appear in the Services list, define it using the Add 
Service menu as described on 

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3.

Type the IP address of the computer in the Server IP Address box. 

4.

Click Apply. 

You may forward more than one type of service to a single computer or server.