I have seen a fair bit of port forwarding information, however, I really want to confirm how the fields on the port forwarding setup page for this router are to be used. It is a little confusing and the Actiontec user manual is somewhat short on the subject.
For me, I am trying to port forward port 8080 on my modem IP to an internal server (ie. to an internal server IP address). I am assuming that the forwarding can be made to port 80 on that internal IP.
The port forwarding setup page on the V1000h has two sections as follows:
1. Set the LAN Port and IP Information
Starting Port:
Ending Port:
Protocol:
LAN IP Address:
2. Set the Remote Port and IP Information (optional)
Starting Port:
Ending Port:
Set Remote IP Address: (0.0.0.0 will use any IP address)
So, for my needs I assume I would put 8080 into the starting and ending ports field in section 1. The protocol is TCP. Now, is the LAN IP address to be set as the modem/router IP address or is it to be the IP address of the internal server you are forwarding the user to?
Section 2 is evidently optional. But what can it be used for. Does it specify the port on the internal server to which you want the external request going to. If that's the case, can I make it port 80. And is the Remote IP address the address of the internal server to which you are directing the request? If you leave as 0.0.0.0 where is the request forwarded to (which machine on the internal network?).
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