To forward a single port or a range of ports to the firewall, you can use the port forwarding rule wizard. Port forward rules would be used to send traffic to a device in the LAN firewall zone.
<Figure/Illustration 1 port forward rule wizard>
Field |
Description |
Source Zone |
Since this is the port forward rule wizard, the source zone is automatically configured to “Internet” and can not be edited. |
Source IP address |
If required, access to the port forward rule can be restricted to a particular source IP address or address range. To configure an IP range, specify the non-zero bits of the netmask numerically after a / character. <ip_address>/<numerical_netmask> |
Source start port |
The start port of the source which you would like to be able to access this port forward rule. |
Source end point |
The end port of the source which you would like to be able to access this port forward rule. |
Destination Zone |
The allocated zone of your destination device. For port forward rules this option is limited to LAN and DMZ. |
Destination IP address |
The ip address of the destination device to be accessed by this port forward rule. |
Destination start port |
The start port to be accessed on the destination device. |
Destination end port |
The final port in the range to be accessed on the destination device. |
Protocol |
The communication protocol that will be available on this rule. Select between tcp and udp. |
Loglevel |
The logging tag you would like attatched to any logging on this route. |
Enable |
An Enable toggle. If unchecked, the rule will not be active. |
Description |
An optional description for the firewall rule. |