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Precis: This guide is intended to help you open an '''incoming''' connection

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For this example, we are going to open up an incoming connection to port

8080 for a web server running on 10.1.1.1 inside our network.

'''Please be aware that requesting a new configuration from the Control Pages will wipe these settings. We do not have a way to store these indefinitely.'''

== A: Open A Connection (setting up an ACL - "are we allowed in?") ==

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Other settings of interest are:

* Order: there may be a rule of higher priority (lower order number here) that may override this rule.

* Source IP Address: it's possible to ~~whitelist~~ specific originating IP ranges (work, known friends, etc). Leaving this blank lets any IP in.

* Source IP Address: it's possible to allow specific originating IP ranges (work, known friends, etc). Leaving this blank lets any IP in.

* Select Service: a set of predefined services and port mappings can be specified on the "Protocol" tab then picked from the drop-down here, rather than manually specifying 8080.

* Rate Limit: useful for throttling the amount of bandwidth needed, preventing connections from causing stuttering when streaming media or interrupting VoIP usage, for example.

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== B: Setting a Port Forward rule ("where do we go?") ==

This is needed to route the incoming port connection through to.

This is needed to route the incoming port connection through to. '''This part is only needed if you are doing NAT.'''

# Navigate to NETWORK SETTING > NAT > Port Forwarding