Linksys EA6900 4A Manual De Propietario

Port Forwarding and Port Triggering

Linksys EA-Series

To set up port range forwarding:
1.  Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-

2.  Set up a DHCP reservation for the IP address of the computer on which 

you installed the software. (See “How to set up the DHCP server on 

your router” on page 34). In this example, the IP address of the desktop 

computer with BitTorrent installed is 192.168.1.140. 

3.  Under Router Settings, click Security. 
4.  Click the Apps and Gaming tab.
5.  Click Port Range Forwarding. The Port Range Forwarding screen opens.

6.  Click Add a new Port Range Forwarding.

7.  In the Application name field, enter a descriptive name.
8.  In the  Start ~ End Port fields, enter the range or ports. In this example, 

the range is 6881 to 6889.

9.  Select TCP as the protocol. 
10. In the To IP Address field, enter the last 3 digits of the IP address of the 

device running the software. The rest of the IP address fields already 

completed. In this example, you would enter 140. 

11. Select  Enabled, then click Save. If you don’t want to use port range 

forwarding but want to keep the information in the table, unselect the 

checkbox.

To use software like BitTorrent on multiple computers on your 

network, create additional entries with a unique range of ports as 

shown above. BitTorrent works only with ports between 6881 and 

6999.

Depending on your computer’s firewall software, you may need to 

open a range of ports in your firewall to enable software that uses 

port range forwarding.

Why would I use port triggering instead of port forwarding? Port range 

triggering allows the router to watch outgoing data for specific port numbers. 

The IP address of the computer that sends the matching data is remembered 

by the router, so that when the requested data returns through the router, 

the data is routed back to the proper computer. An example of port range 

triggering would be to enable a USB or Bluetooth headset for online chat and 

gaming.

To set up port range triggering for multiple entries: 
1.  See your device documentation for information on the ports that the 

device uses.

2.  Log into Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See “How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-