II-4-3 Open Ports
II-4-3 Open Ports
Open Ports allows you to open a range of ports for the traffic of special applications.
Common application of Open Ports includes P2P application (e.g., BT, KaZaA, Gnutella,
WinMX, eMule and others), Internet Camera etc. Ensure that you keep the application
involved up-to-date to avoid falling victim to any security exploits.
Click Open Ports to open the following page:
Available settings are explained as follows:
Item Description
Index Indicate the relative number for the particular entry that
you want to offer service in a local host. You should click
the appropriate index number to edit or clear the
corresponding entry.
Comment Specify the name for the defined network service.
WAN Interface Display the WAN interface used by such index.
Local IP Address Display the private IP address of the local host offering the
service.
Status Display the state for the corresponding entry. X or V is to
represent the Inactive or Active state.
To add or edit port settings, click one index number on the page. The index entry setup
page will pop up. In each index entry, you can specify 10 port ranges for diverse services.
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