1) Click on NAT/QoS and then Port Forwarding:

2) Give the application a name (this can be anything so you remember it) and then assign the public port you want to use, the protocol (use Both if you do not know), the private IP address of your machine you want access to and the private port that is running on.
3) Click Enable and then Save and Apply Settings
In many cases, the private (port to) and public (port from) ports will be the same. You will only change these when you want to need to access a private service on am port that you normally can not, like my office scenario.
Port forwarding works great for remote access of computers as well via Apple Remote Desktop, Microsoft Remote Desktop, VNC, etc when you need access to a specific computer behind your firewall.
Combine port forwarding with static leases to really make your network easy to administer!
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