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Advanced_Special Applications
An application rule is used to open single or multiple ports on your router when the router senses data
sent to the Internet on a "trigger" port or port range. An application rule applies to all computers on
your internal network.
Add/Edit Application Rule
Example:
You need to configure your router to allow a software application running on any computer on your network to
connect to a web-based server or another user on the Internet.
Enable
Specifies whether the entry will be active or inactive.
Name
Enter a name for the Special Application Rule, for example
Game App
, which will help you identify the rule
in the future. Alternatively, you can select from the Application list of common applications.
Application
Instead of entering a name for the Special Application rule, you can select from this list of common
applications, and the remaining configuration values will be filled in accordingly.
Trigger Port
Enter the outgoing port range used by your application (for example
6500-6700
).
Trigger Traffic Type
Select the outbound protocol used by your application (for example
Both
).
Firewall Port
Enter the port range that you want to open up to Internet traffic (for example
6000-6200
).