TP-Link H5R Network Router User Manual


 
H5R & H5E AV500 Hybrid Wi-Fi Starter Kit
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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, either
TCP, UDP, or All.
4. Select the protocol used for Incoming Ports from the Incoming Protocol drop-down list,
either TCP or UDP, or All.
5. Select Enabled in Status field.
6. Click the Save button to save the new rule.
To modify or delete an existing entry:
1. Find the desired entry in the table.
2. Click Modify or Delete as desired on the Modify column.
Click the Enable All button to make all entries enabled.
Click the Disable All button to make all entries disabled.
Click the Delete All button to delete all entries
Once the router is configured, the operation is as follows:
1. A local host makes an outgoing connection to an external host 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.
) Note:
1) When the trigger connection is released, the corresponding opened ports will be closed.
2) Each rule can only be used by one host on the LAN at a time. The trigger connection of other
hosts on the LAN will be refused.
3) Incoming Ports ranges cannot overlap each other.
4.13.3 DMZ
Choose menu “ForwardingDMZ”, and then you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen
(shown in Figure 4-71).The DMZ host feature allows one local
host to be exposed to the Internet
for a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. The router forwards
packets of all services to the DMZ host. Any PC whose port is being forwarded must have its