Creating New Port-Forwarding Rules

1. Specify the following:

   • Name: Enter a name for the port-forwarding rule. Create a name that does not exceed 64 characters in length. Use numbers, any special characters, uppercase and lowercase letters, and even spaces. Start and end a name with any character but not a space. Leading and trailing spaces will be trimmed off automatically.

   • Nated Port: Enter the port on your gateway or router that you want to use for your forwarding communication. You can enter only a single port number.

   • Private IP Address: Enter an IPv4 address on your private LAN with which other devices or applications in the network communicate. Note that local host, multicast, and reserved IP addresses are not permitted.

   • Private Port: Enter the port on your private LAN that you want to use for port-forwarding communication. You can enter only a single port number. 

   • Protocol: Choose one of the following protocols you want to use for port-forwarding communication:

     • BOTH: Use both TCP and UDP.

     • TCP: The TCP is a connection-oriented protocol that transmits data units by dividing them into data packets. Retransmission of lost data packets is possible only with the TCP.

     • UDP: UDP is a connectionless lightweight protocol and is preferred for transferring smaller units of data.

2. Expand the Sources section, click Add, and choose one of the following from the drop-down list TYPE:

   • ANY: No IP address is specified, so any address or device can be the source.

   • IP: To specify the source, enter a specific IP address in the VALUE field.

   • Address Object Groups: From the VALUE list, select the address object that you have already configured.

3. Click Save.