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• Internal Port: Enter a specic port to receive forwarded
packets. Leave this eld blank if you want the incoming
packets to be redirected to the specied port range.
• Internal IP Address: Key in the client’s LAN IP address.
• Source IP: If you want to open your port to a specic IP address
from the Internet, input the IP address you want to give access
to in this eld.
NOTE: Use a static IP address for the local client to make port
forwarding work properly. Refer to section 3.9 LAN for information.
To check if Port Forwarding has been congured successfully:
• Ensure that your server or application is set up and running.
• You will need a client outside your LAN but has Internet access
(referred to as “Internet client”). This client should not be
connected to the ASUS router.
• On the Internet client, use the router’s WAN IP to access the
server. If port forwarding has been successful, you should be
able to access the les or applications.
Dierences between port trigger and port forwarding:
• Port triggering will work even without setting up a specic
LAN IP address. Unlike port forwarding, which requires a static
LAN IP address, port triggering allows dynamic port forwarding
using the router. Predetermined port ranges are congured to
accept incoming connections for a limited period of time. Port
triggering allows multiple computers to run applications that
would normally require manually forwarding the same ports to
each PC on the network.
• Port triggering is more secure than port forwarding since the
incoming ports are not open all the time. They are opened
only when an application is making an outgoing connection
through the trigger port.