Port Forwarding Rule Setup in Actiontec router (VZ WIRELESS ROUTER)

First of all login in router access page; most often it is http://92.168.1.1

In my case

public IP: 72.B.C.D (I haven't provied my public ip for my privacy)
private IP: 192.168.1.x

Step: 1 Click on Firewall Setting--> Port Forwarding --> New Entry


step: 2 Give the device name (LAN device) where your outer world need to have access; for e.g Web server in LAN hosted on computer named as 'windows' with IP add 192.168.1.16



step 3: We selected "Forward to Port : User Defined " so that we can customize the way (I mean the Port) we can access LAN service from outside world. I named my WebServer application as DevApp.



step 4: Now configure the service/Application. The simplest rule would be: Any one can access through the my defined Port (say 8081) using TCP protocol



step 5: now we should select OK



step 6: Forward to Port : the port where my web server is listening. In my case my web server is listening at 192.168.1.16:8081 (FYI - Listen port can be changed in httpd.conf e.g Listen 192.168.1.16:8081)



step 7:




step 8: Once the rule is defined, it should be refreshed in router or applied.



step 9: Click Refresh/Apply