Port Triggering - TP-Link TL-WR841HP User Manual

3.4.7.2. Port Triggering

Go to "Advanced→Forwarding→Port Triggering", you can view and add port triggering in
this page. Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video
conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of these
applications that cannot work with a pure NAT router.
To add a new rule, follow the steps below.
Click the Add New... button.
1.
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.
3. Select the protocol used for Trigger Port from the Trigger Protocol drop-down list, TCP,
UDP, or All.
4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop-down list,
TCP or UDP, or All.
5. Select Enabled in Status field.
6. Click the Save button to save the new rule.
Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will
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trigger this rule.
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