Port Triggers - EE Brightbox User Manual

11. Click Save Settings:
12. The settings will be applied and the Port Forwarding entry will now be enabled on your
connected LAN device.

PORT TRIGGERS

Port triggering is similar feature to port forwarding, although it offers a dynamic opening of
specific ports for any computer on your network (whereas port forwarding is specific to a
specific device connected to your network).
This feature is useful when multiple computers on your network need to port forward the
same port at different times, or when the incoming port is different to the outgoing port.
Some applications require multiple connections such as multiplayer gaming, video
conferencing and voice over IP phones. These application will use an outgoing 'trigger port',
which can then temporarily open up a range of public ports to allow incoming traffic to reach
the application correctly. When the ports are no longer used they will be automatically closed
by the router.
To configure port triggering, you will need to know which incoming ports an application
needs to use and also the outgoing 'trigger port' that is used by the application to trigger the
opening of those incoming ports. Refer to the application manufacturers support
documentation for information on the correct ports to use.
To access the Port Triggers page:
1. Login to the router's admin pages.
2. Click on the Advanced Set-Up tab and click Accept on the 'Please proceed with
caution' page.
3. Click on NAT in the left hand navigation menu to expand the NAT menu items
4. Click on Port Triggers in the left hand navigation menu:
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