TL-WR841N/TL-WR841ND
300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide
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4.8.2 Port Triggering
Choose menu “
Forwarding
→
Port Triggering
”, you can view and add port triggering in the screen
as shown in Figure 4-34. Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video
conferencing, Internet calling and so on. These applications cannot work with a pure NAT Router.
Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that can work with an NAT Router.
Figure 4-34
Port Triggering
Once the Router is configured, the operation is as follows:
1. A local host makes an outgoing connection using a destination port number defined in the
Trigger Port field.
2. The Router records this connection, opens the incoming port or ports associated with this
entry in the Port Triggering table, and associates them with the local host.
3. When necessary
，
the external host will be able to connect to the local host using one of the
ports defined in the
Incoming Ports
field.
¾
Trigger Port -
The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger
this rule.
¾
Trigger Protocol -
The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either
TCP
,
UDP
, or
All
(all
protocols supported by the Router).
¾
Incoming Ports -
The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the
outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC that
triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 groups of ports (or port sections). Every group of
ports must be set apart with ",". For example, 2000-2038, 2050-2051, 2085, 3010-3030.
¾
Incoming Protocol -
The protocol used for Incoming Ports Range, either
TCP
or
UDP
, or
ALL
(all protocols supported by the Router).
¾
Status -
The status of this entry, either
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
To add a new rule, follow the steps below.
1. Click
the
Add New…
button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-35.
2. Select a common application from the
Common Applications
drop-down list, then the
Trigger Port
field and the
Incoming Ports
field will be automatically filled. If the
Common
Applications
do not have the application you need, enter the
Trigger Port
and the
Incoming Ports
manually.
