Netgear router - default DMZ server

[PaulStat]

I'm just reading the help guide on my router as I'm wanting to allow access to one of my machines for a service I have defined and it says the following:

Specifying a Default DMZ Server allows you to set up a computer or server that is available to anyone on the Internet for services that you haven't defined.

Notice the bit in bold, is that a typo? Or am I misunderstanding the use of a DMZ server?

 

[PistolPete]

When an incoming request comes in, it'll check for a port forward first. If it can't match a port forwarding it'll see if there is a default DMZ setup and forward it to that IP instead.

 

[paradigm]

A DMZ (de-militarized zone) is essentially an area of your network on the WAN size of the NAT and Firewall.

So a machine placed in the DMZ has direct access incoming and outgoing to the internet.