Virtual Server
enables WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users.Refer
Internet Services
for well known ports.
Example
ID
Service Ports
Server IP
1
21
192.168.123.1
2
80
192.168.123.1
3
1723
192.168.123.2
4
2000-2999
192.168.123.3
Comment
The above example provides 4 type of services: FTP Server (port 21), Web Server (port 80), PPTP VPN Server (port 1723, PPTP) and a user defined server (ports 2000-2999).
Schedule Rule#
Choose the schedule when you want to make this service take effect, and select the ID you want to use with the schedule rule. Then click "Copy to" botton to copy it into the "Schedule Rule#" box to use the schedule. When choosing rule 0 for always, it is the same as not using schedule.
Schedule example
Assume that there is a rule setting in Rule 1 which is Everyday 8:30~17:30, and there is a FTP server which IP is 192.168.123.15 listening port 21. The Virtual Server's setting is as below:
ID
Service Ports
Server IP
Enable
Use Rule#
1
(0) Always
1
2
Description:
It means the WAN users can access this FTP server only at 08:30~17:30 everyday. If the time exceeds this range, the WAN users can't access the LAN FTP server.
