How To Set Up Port Range Triggering For Online Gaming - Linksys EA4500 V3 Manual

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Select TCP as the protocol.

In the Device IP# field, enter the last 3 digits of the IP address of the device running the software. The rest of the IP address fields already completed. In this example, you would

enter "140".

Select Enabled, then click Save. If you don't want to use port range forwarding but want to keep the information in the table, deselect the checkbox.

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To use software like BitTorrent on multiple computers on your

network, create additional entries with a unique range of ports as

shown above. BitTorrent works only with ports between 6881 and

6999.

Depending on your computer's firewall software, you may need to

open a range of ports in your firewall to enable software that uses port

range forwarding.

How to set up port range triggering for online gaming

Port range triggering allows the router to watch outgoing data for specific port numbers. The IP address of the computer that sends the matching data is remembered by the router, so

that when the requested data returns through the router, the data is routed back to the proper device. An example of port range triggering would be to enable a USB or Bluetooth

headset for online chat and gaming.

To set up port range triggering for multiple entries, do the following:

See your device documentation for information on the ports that the device uses.

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