Help - Virtual Servers

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• The "Virtual Servers" feature allows Internet Users to access PCs on your LAN.
• The PCs must be running the appropriate Server Software.
• For Internet Users, ALL of your Servers have the same IP address. This IP address is allocated by your ISP.
• To make it easier for Internet users to connect to your Servers, you can use the "DDNS" feature. This allows Internet users to connect to your Servers with a URL, rather than an IP address. This technology works even if your ISP allocates dynamic IP addresses (IP address is allocated upon connection, so it may change each time you connect).

Servers
Servers	This lists a number of pre-defined Servers, plus any Servers you have defined. Details of the selected Server are shown in the "Properties" area.

Properties
Enable	Use this to Enable or Disable support for this Server, as required.
PC (Server)	Select the PC for this Server. The PC must be running the appropriate Server software.
Internal (LAN) Ports	Enter the range of port numbers which the Server software is configured to use.
External (WAN) Ports	Traffic from the Internet using this range of port numbers will be sent to the Server. This is normally the same as the Internal Port Numbers. If it is different, this device will perform a "mapping" or "translation" function, allowing the server to use a different port range to the clients.

Buttons
Delete	Delete the current Virtual Server entry. Note that the pre-defined Servers can not be deleted.
Defaults	This will delete any Servers you have defined, and set the pre-defined Servers to use their default names and port numbers.
Disable All	This will cause the "Enable" setting of all Virtual Servers to be set OFF.
Clear Form	Clear all data from the "Properties" area, ready for input of a new Virtual Server entry.
Update Selected Server	Update the current Virtual Server entry, using the data shown in the "Properties" area on screen.
Add as new Server	Add a new entry to the Virtual Server list, using the data shown in the "Properties" area on screen. The entry selected in the list is ignored, and has no effect.