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Port Triggering

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Archer C20i AC750 Wireless Dual Band Router  Note: If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on Security → Remote Management page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server. 4.12.2 Port Triggering Choose menu "Forwarding→Port Triggering", you can view and add port triggering entry on this page (shown in Figure 4-63). Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is useful for those applications that cannot work with a pure NAT router. Figure 4-63 Port Triggering  Trigger Port - The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger this rule.  Trigger Protocol - The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either TCP, UDP, or All (all protocols supported by the router).  Open Port - The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC which triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 groups of ports (or port sections). Every group of ports must be separated with ",", for example, 2000-2038, 2046, 2050-2051, 2085, 3010-3030.  Open Protocol - The protocol used for Open Port, either TCP, UDP, or ALL (all protocols supported by the router).  Status - The status of this entry, Enabled means the Port Triggering entry is enabled.  Edit - To modify or delete an existing entry.  Common Applications - Some popular applications already listed in the drop-down list of Incoming Protocol. To add a new rule, follow the steps below. 1. Click the Add New button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-64. - 76 -

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Archer C20i
AC750 Wireless Dual Band Router
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Note:
If you set the service port of the virtual server as 80, you must set the Web management port on
Security
Remote Management
page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080.
Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.
4.12.2
Port Triggering
Choose menu “
Forwarding
Port Triggering
”, you can view and add port triggering entry on this
page (shown in Figure 4-63). Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games,
video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is useful for those applications
that cannot work with a pure NAT router.
Figure 4-63 Port Triggering
Trigger Port
- The port for outgoing traffic. An outgoing connection using this port will trigger
this rule.
Trigger Protocol
- The protocol used for Trigger Ports, either
TCP
,
UDP
, or
All
(all
protocols supported by the router).
Open Port
- The port or port range used by the remote system when it responds to the
outgoing request. A response using one of these ports will be forwarded to the PC which
triggered this rule. You can input at most 5 groups of ports (or port sections). Every group of
ports must be separated with ",", for example, 2000-2038, 2046, 2050-2051, 2085,
3010-3030.
Open Protocol
- The protocol used for
Open Port
, either
TCP
,
UDP
, or
ALL
(all protocols
supported by the router).
Status
- The status of this entry, Enabled means the Port Triggering entry is enabled.
Edit
- To modify or delete an existing entry.
Common Applications
- Some popular applications already listed in the drop-down list of
Incoming Protocol
.
To add a new rule, follow the steps below.
1.
Click the
Add New
button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-64.