User's Manual

Chapter 3: Connections and setup
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Illustrationscontainedinthisdocumentareforrepresentationonly.
PortTriggers
SomeInternetactivities,suchasinteractivegaming,requirethataPContheWANsideofyourgateway
beabletooriginateconnectionsduringthegamewithyourgameplayingPContheLANside.Youcould
usetheAdvanced‐Forwardingwebpagetoconstructaforwardingruleduringthegame,andthen
removeitafterwards(torestorefullprotectiontoyourLANPC)tofacilitatethis.Porttriggeringisan
elegantmechanismthatdoesthisworkforyou,eachtimeyouplaythegame.
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Fig.17:PortTriggersSettings
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