Considerations For Inbound Rules - NETGEAR DGN1000-100NAS User Manual

Figure 27. Allow inbound video conferencing

Considerations for Inbound Rules

If your external IP address is assigned dynamically by your ISP, the IP address might
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change periodically as the DHCP lease expires. Consider using the Dynamic DNS screen
described in
Dynamic DNS
network.
If the IP address of the local server computer is assigned by DHCP, it might change when
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the computer is rebooted. To avoid this, use the Reserved IP address feature in the LAN
IP Setup screen to keep the computer's IP address constant.
Local computers are required to access the local server using the computer's local LAN
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address (192.168.0.11 in the example shown in
conferencing). Attempts by local computers to access the server using the external WAN
IP address fail.
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on page 73 so that external users can always find your
Figure 27, Allow inbound video