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that some software needs the IP address of the PC to be ‘exposed’ to the outside world – this is just what NAT stops!

The normal way around this problem whilst still retaining the NAT

mode is to use port forwarding. Port forwarding (also sometimes

called pinholeing) tells the router to direct certain incoming traffic to

specified local addresses. e.g. if you are wanting to run a local web

server on address 192.168.0.10 and you want external internet users

to be able to see your server then you need to instruct the router to

forward all port 80 TCP requests (the port used by http) to your local

server.

To setup port forwarding connect your router to the com port of your

PC start the ADSL Configuration programme and click on

Properties:

Now click on the ‘Setting Port Forwarding Rules’

link:

Enter the port rule and then click on ‘Add A Rule’:

The Rule will show in the list (see opposite).

When you’ve added all the rules you need click on Confirm. Then

OK on the Properties screen and then Apply to send the new

configuration across to the router.

Now, whenever anyone tries to access your IP address (That’s the

external IP address as allocated to you by your ISP) using port 80

the router will automatically forward the request to your local client

at address 192.168.0.10.

7. Advanced PPP Settings

The Advanced PPP Settings part of the configuration application

allows you to alter the less common PPP settings. To do this go

into the Properties page. Then triple click on the title on the screen

that says ‘PPPoA(RFC 2364) Configuration’; this means click

three times quickly with the left-mouse-button (it takes a few

attempts to get this right!). Then the Advanced section is

displayed:

The only settings you might need to alter on the screen are the

LLC Encapsulation – but only tick this if you have an ADSL line

from Kingston Communications (do not alter for BT).

Also the Static PPP IP. This allows you to enter a static IP for

your ISP connection (the default is normally to use the dynamic IP

address supplied by the ISP).

You are adviced to NOT alter any other settings on this section.

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