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Firewall > DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
If you have a client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open up the firewall
restrictions to allow unrestricted two-way Internet access by defining a DMZ Host. The DMZ function allows you to re-direct all packets going to your
WAN port IP address to a particular IP address in your LAN. The difference between the virtual server and the DMZ function is that the virtual server
re-directs a particular service/Internet application (e.g. FTP, websites) to a particular LAN client/server, whereas a DMZ re-directs all packets
(regardless of services) going to your WAN IP address to a particular LAN client/server.
A DMZ allows a computer to have all its connections and ports completely open during data transmission. Warning: Computer will be completely
vulnerable to any malicious attacks.
LAN IP Address: Fill-in the IP address of a particular host in your LAN Network that will receive all the packets originally going to the WAN
port/Public IP address above.
