TP-Link Archer C2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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4.

Select the protocol used for this application in the

Protocol

drop-down list, either

TCP

,

UDP

,

or

All

.

5.

Select the

Enabled

option in the

Status

drop-down list.

6.

Click the

Save

button.

Figure 4-63 Add or Modify a Virtual Server Entry



Note:

It is possible that you have a computer or server that has more than one type of available service.

If so, select another service, and type the same IP address for that computer or server.

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Find the desired entry in the table.

2.

Click

Edit

or

Delete

as desired on the

Edit

column.

Click the

Enable/ Disable Selected

button to make selected entries enabled/ disabled.

Click the

Delete Selected

button to delete selected entries.



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 4-64). 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.

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Figure 4-64 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 4-65.

2.

Select a common application from the

Common Applications

drop-down list, then the

Trigger Port

field and the

Open Port

field will be automatically filled. If the

Common

Applications

do not have the application you need, enter the

Trigger Port

and the

Open

Port

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

Open 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.

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Figure 4-65 Add or Modify a Triggering Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Find the desired entry in the table.

2.

Click

Edit

or

Delete

as desired on the

Edit

column.

Click the

Enable Selected

button to make selected entries enabled.

Click the

Disable Selected

button to make selected entries disabled.

Click the

Delete Selected

button to delete selected 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

Open 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.

Open

Ports

ranges cannot overlap each other.

4.12.3

DMZ

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

DMZ

”, and then you can view and configure DMZ host in the screen

(shown in Figure 4-66).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

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DHCP client function disabled and should have a new static IP Address assigned to it because its

IP Address may be changed when using the DHCP function.

Figure 4-66 DMZ

To assign a computer or server to be a DMZ server:

1.

Click the

Enable

button.

2.

Enter the IP address of a local PC that is set to be DMZ host in the

DMZ Host IP Address

field.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

4.12.4

UPnP

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

UPnP

”, and then you can view the information about

UPnP

in the

screen (shown in Figure 4-67). The

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)

feature allows the devices,

such as Internet computers, to access the local host resources or devices as needed. UPnP

devices can be automatically discovered by the UPnP service application on the LAN.

Figure 4-67 UPnP Setting



Current UPnP Status -

UPnP can be enabled or disabled by clicking the

Enable

or

Disable

button. This feature is enabled by default.



Current UPnP Settings List -

This table displays the current UPnP information.



App Description

- The description about the application which initiates the UPnP

request.

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

External Port

- The port which the router opened for the application.



Protocol

- The type of protocol which is opened.



Internal Port

- The port which the router opened for local host.



IP Address

- The IP address of the local host which initiates the UPnP request.



Status

- Either Enabled or Disabled. "Enabled" means that the port is still active;

otherwise, the port is inactive.

Click the

Enable

button to enable UPnP.

Click the

Disable

button to disable UPnP.

Click the

Refresh

button to update the Current UPnP Settings List.

4.13 Security

Figure 4-68 The Security menu

There are four submenus under the Security menu:

Basic Security

,

Advanced Security

,

Local

Management

and

Remote Management

. (as shown in Figure 4-68).

Click any of them, and you

will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

4.13.1

Basic Security

Choose menu “

Security

→

Basic Security

”, and then you can configure the basic security in the

screen as shown in Figure 4-69.

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