Port Triggering - TP-Link TL-R480T+ User Manual

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3. Click the Save button.
To delete a service entry:
1. Clear the entry's all information except for the Protocol pull-down list.
2. Click the Save button.
To delete all service entries:
1. Click the Clear All button.
2. Click the Save button
Click the Next button to go to the next page and Click the Previous button to return the
previous page.
Note: If you set the virtual server of the service port as 80, you must set the web
management port on Security –> Remote Management page to be any value except
80 such as 8080. Or else there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.

5.6.2 Port Triggering

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. You can set up Port Triggering on this page shown in figure 5-21:
Once configured, 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.
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Figure 5-21 Port Triggering
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