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6 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
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6.1.3 Port triggering
Introduction
Port triggering allows you to define a set of dynamic port forwarding rules that will be activated as soon as a device sends
traffic to the Internet over a specific port(s), the
trigger port(s)
.
The difference compared to the port forwarding function described in
“6.1.2 Port forwarding” on page 47
is that:
Port triggering rules will only be activated if a local device is sending traffic over one of the trigger ports. So there must be
outbound traffic first.
Port triggering rules forward the traffic to any device that has initiated the communication while port forwarding forward
a fixed IP.
Port triggering rules allow you to translate the port numbers. This means that the incoming port can differ from the target
port.
Procedure
1
Browse to the Admin Tool.
For more information, see
“Accessing the Admin Tool” on page 25
.
2
On the
Advanced
menu, click
Port Triggering
.
3
The
Port Triggering
page appears.
In the
Enable Port Forwarding
list, click
Enabled
. In the
Port Triggering
table, click
+ADD PORT TRIGGER
.
4
The
Add Port Trigger
page appears.
Complete the following fields:
In the
Service Name
box, type a name for the rule (for example, FTP).
In the
Service Type
list, click on the protocol that is used (for example, TCP).
In the
Trigger Port From
box, type the start port number of the trigger port range.
In the
Trigger Port To
box, type the end port number of the trigger port range. If you only want to specify one port,
use the same number as in the
Trigger Port From
box.
In the
Target Port From
box, type the start port number of the target port range.
In the
Target Port To
box, type the end port number of the target port range. If you only want to specify one port, use
the same number as in the
Target Port From
box.
5
Click
ADD
.
6
Your service is now listed in the
Port Triggering
table. All incoming requests for the selected service will now be directed
to the selected device. The Gateway will also configure its firewall to allow this service.