D-Link DSL-584T [56/101] Custom forwarding rules

DSL-584T ADSL Router User Guide

There are many different pre-configured rules available for specific functions such as Internet gaming, VPN, streaming

and interactive multi-media, standard TCP/IP protocols, reserved ports, p2p, network management applications, and so

on.

You may also create customized rules to manage TCP/UDP ports. The pre-configured rules include those listed in the

table here:

Category Available Rules

Games: Alien vs. Predator, Asheron’s Call, Dark Rein 2, Delta Force, Doom, Dune

2000, DirectX (7.8) Games, EliteForce, EverQuest, Fighter Ace II, Half Life,

Heretic II, Hexen II, Kali, Motorhead, MSN Gaming Zone, Myth: The Fallen

Lords, Need for Speed Porsche, Need for Speed 3, Outlaws, Rainbow 6,

Rogue Spear, Starcraft, Tiberian Sun, Ultima, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3

Server, Quake 2 Server, and Unreal Server.

VPN IPSec (L2TP) and PPTP

Audio/Video Net2Phone, Netmeeting, and QuickTime 4 Server

Applications VNC, Win2k Terminal, PC Anywhere, Netbios, RemoteAnything, Radmin,

LapLink, CarbonCopy, and Gnutella.

Servers Web, FTP, Telnet, DNS, LDAP, NNTP, SMTP, POP 2, POP 3, IMAP, IRC,

Lotus, and Remotely Possible.

User Use this to set up custom TCP/UDP port rules.

To configure a new port-forwarding rule for any of the pre-configured rules, follow these steps:

1. Select the WAN connection you want to use for the new rule from the Connection pull-down menu.

2. Select a LAN IP from the available client IP addresses listed in the pull-down menu; or, create a New IP by

clicking the button. This brings up the LAN Clients window (see next section).

3. Select the Category of the rule you are creating. The Available Rules for the category appear in a list.

4. Highlight to select the Available Rule you want to apply.

5. Click on the Add> button to place the rule in the Applied Rules list of port forwarding that are actively

applied to the client

The Available Rules can be applied to a single client IP address. That is, it is not possible to use an applied rule for

multiple IP addresses on the LAN.

Custom Forwarding Rules

The User category for port forwarding is used to set up customized port forwarding rules.

To set up custom TCP or UDP port forwarding rules, follow these steps:

1. Select the User category and click the Add button located below the Available Rules list. This will change the

window to look like the window below.