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Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
Linksys EA-Series
To set up port range forwarding:
1.
Log into Cisco Connect Cloud. (See “How to configure your router” on
page 14.
2.
Set up a DHCP reservation for the IP address of the computer on which
you installed the software. (See “Configuration du serveur DHCP de votre
routeur” on page 39). In this example, the IP address of the desktop
computer with BitTorrent installed is 192.168.1.140.
3.
Under
Router Settings,
click
Security
.
4.
Click the
Apps and Gaming
tab.
5.
Click
Port Range Forwarding
. The
Port Range Forwarding
screen opens.
6.
Click
Add a new Port Range Forwarding
.
7.
In the
Application name
field, enter a descriptive name.
8.
In the
Start ~ End Port
fields, enter the range or ports. In this example,
the range is
6881
to
6889
.
9.
Select
TCP
as the protocol.
10.
In the
To IP Address
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
.
11.
Select
Enabled
, then click
Save
. If you don’t want to use port range
forwarding but want to keep the information in the table, unselect the
checkbox.
TIPS
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
Why would I use port triggering instead of port forwarding?
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 computer. 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:
1.
See your device documentation for information on the ports that the
device uses.
2.
Log into Cisco Connect Cloud. (See “How to configure your router” on
page 14.