Port Triggering - TP-Link TL-ER5120 User Manual

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Note:
● The External port and Internal Port should be set in the range of 1-65535.
● The external ports of different entries should be different, whereas the internal ports can be the
same.
List of Rules
In this table, you can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.
The first entry in Figure 3-33 indicates: This is a Virtual Server entry named host1, all the TCP data
packets from Internet to port 65534-65535 of the router will be redirected to the port 65534-65535 of
the LAN host with IP address of 192.168.0.103, and this entry is activated.
3.3.1.5

Port Triggering

Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet
calling, P2P download and so on. Port Triggering is used for those applications requiring multiple
connections.
When an application initiates a connection to the trigger port, all the ports corresponding to the
incoming port will open for follow-up connections.
Choose the menu Advanced→NAT→Port Triggering to load the following page.
The following items are displayed on this screen:
Activate or inactivate the entry.
Figure 3-34 Port Triggering
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