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Parameters   Description 
Enable/Disable 
QoS You can check “Enable QoS” to enable QoS function for 
the WAN port. You also can uncheck “Enable QoS” to 
disable QoS function for the WAN port. 
Total Download 
Bandwidth Here you can set maximum download bandwidth for all the 
users of the router. 
Total Upload 
Bandwidth Here you can set the maximum upload bandwidth for all 
the users of the router. 
Add a QoS rule 
into the table Click “Add”, and the QoS rule form will appear. Click 
“Apply”...

 
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Parameters   Description 
Rule Name  The name of this rule. 
Bandwidth You can assign the download or upload bandwidth in Kbps 
(1024 bit per second). You can limit the maximum 
bandwidth consumed by this rule by selecting “Maximum”. 
You also can reserve enough bandwidth for this rule by 
selecting “Guarantee”. 
Local IP 
Address Enter the local IP address range of the packets that this 
rule will apply to. If you assign 192.168.2.3 – 192.168.2.5, 
it means 3 IP addresses: 192.168.2.3,...

 
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Remote Port 
Range Enter the remote port range of the packets that this rule will 
apply to. You can assign a single port number here or 
assign a range of port numbers by assigning the first port 
number and the last port number of the range. The two 
numbers are separated by a dash “-“, for example 
“101-150” means from port number 101 to port number 
150, which indicates 50 port numbers. 
Traffic Type Select the traffic type of the packets that this rule will apply 
to. We list some popular...

 
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2.6 NAT 
Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users at your local site to 
access the Internet through a single Public IP Address or multiple Public IP 
Addresses. NAT provides Firewall protection from hacker attacks and has the 
flexibility to allow you to map private IP addresses to public IP addresses for 
key services such as Websites and FTP. 
 
 
Parameters   Description 
Port Forwarding You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) 
going to different service...

 
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others. In this section you can configure the router to 
support these types of applications. 
UPnP Setting It allows to enable or disable UPnP feature here. After you 
enable the UPnP feature, all client systems that support 
UPnP, like Windows XP, can discover this router 
automatically and access the Internet through this router 
without any configuration. The NAT Traversal function 
provided by UPnP can let applications that support UPnP 
smoothly connect to Internet sites without any...

 
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2.6.1 Port Forwarding 
The Port Forwarding allows you to redirect a particular range of service port 
numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a particular LAN IP address. It helps 
you to host some servers behind the router NAT firewall. 
 
 
 
Parameters   Description 
Enable Port 
Forwarding Enable Port Forwarding 
Private IP This is the private IP of the server behind the NAT firewall. 
Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static 
IP address in order to make port forwarding...

 
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Forwarding  Comment of the setting to be added and then click Add. 
Then this Port Forwarding setting will be added into the 
Current Port Forwarding Table below. If you found any 
typo before adding it and want to correct it, just click 
Clear and the fields will be cleared. 
Remove Port 
Forwarding If you want to remove some Port Forwarding settings from 
the “Current Port Forwarding Table, select the Port 
Forwarding settings you want to remove in the table and 
then click Delete Selected. If...

 
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2.6.2 Virtual Server   
Use the Virtual Server function when you want different servers/clients in your 
LAN to handle different service/Internet application type (e.g. Email, FTP, Web 
server etc.) from the Internet. Computers use numbers called port numbers to 
recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server 
allows you to redirect a particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN 
Port) to a particular LAN private IP address and its service port number. (See...

 
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packet enters your LAN (to the LAN Server/Client IP) 
Type Select the port number protocol type (TCP, UDP or both). 
If you are unsure, keep it untouched. 
Public Port Enter the service (service/Internet application) port 
number from the Internet that will be redirected to the 
above Private IP address host in your LAN   
Note: Virtual Server function will have priority over the 
DMZ function if there is a conflict between the Virtual 
Server and the DMZ settings. 
Comment  You can enter the...

 
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Example: Virtual Server 
The diagram below demonstrates one of the ways you can use the Virtual 
Server function. Use the Virtual Server when you want the web server located 
in your private LAN to be accessible to Internet users. The configuration below 
means that any request coming form the Internet to access your web server 
will be translated to your LAN’s web server (192.168.2.2).   
Note: For the virtual server to work properly Internet/remote users must know 
your global IP address. (For...