Port Forwarding And Port Triggering; How To Set Up Port Forwarding; How To Set Up Port Forwarding For A Single Port - Linksys EA2750 Guia Del Usuario

Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

How to set up port forwarding

Port forwarding is a feature that forwards inbound traffic from the Internet on a specific port or ports
to a specific device or port on your local network.
Set up port forwarding for the following:
A single port (see ''How to set up port forwarding for a single port'' below on this page)
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Multiple ports (see ''How to set up port forwarding for multiple ports'' on page 55)
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A range of ports (see ''How to set up port forwarding for a range of ports'' on page 55)
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How to set up port forwarding for a single port

Single port forwarding forwards inbound traffic from the Internet on a specific port to a single device
on your local network. An example of single port forwarding would be sending inbound web requests,
typically on port 80, to a web server.
Tip---- - See the device's documentation for port and protocol information.
To set up single port forwarding:
1. Follow your device's instructions for configuring it with a static IP address or use DHCP
reservation to assign it a permanent address (see ''How to set up DHCP reservations'' on page
40).
2. Log in to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See ''How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi'' on page 10.)
3. Under Router Settings, click Security.
4. Click the Apps and Gaming tab.
5. Click Single Port Forwarding. The Single Port Forwarding screen opens.
6. Click Add a new Single Port Forwarding.
7. In the Application name field, enter a descriptive name.
8. In the External Port field, type the external port number (not always required).
9. In the Internal Port field, type the internal port number (not always required).
10. In the Protocol drop-down list, select TCP, UDP, or Both (default).
11. In the Device IP# field, complete the IP address you have reserved for the computer you want
to forward Internet traffic to.
12. Select the Enabled
want to keep the information in the table, unselect the checkbox.
checkbox then click Save . If you don't want to use port forwarding but
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