TL-WR1042ND300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router

System Tools –> Remote Management page to be any other value except 80 such as 8080. Otherwise there will be a conflict to disable the virtual server.

4.9.2Port Triggering

Choose menu “ForwardingPort Triggering”, you can view and add port triggering in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-49). Some applications require multiple connections, like Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephoning and so on. Port Triggering is used for some of these applications that cannot work with a pure NAT Router.

Figure 4-49Port Triggering

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 4-50.

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 Enable in Status field.

6.Click the Save button to save the new rule.

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TP-Link TL-WR1042ND manual Port Triggering, To add a new rule, follow the steps below