Port Triggering Initiator

When using port triggering on a router a connection attempt must be made from your system to an address on the trigger port. When the router detects the connection attempt it will turn on the ports and so you'll have port triggering, an on and off switch for port forwarding.

The problem appears if when using port trigging for an application that doesn't make a connection attempt, such as say a hosted game or ftp server . If a connection is not detected, the router will never enable the ports, of course.

Well that's what Port Triggering Initiator was designed for. You just enter the triggering port to make a connection on and give it the address outside your network. Any address will do, even if the connection fails, because its attempt will trigger the ports.