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Reference Manual for the Model CG814M Wireless Cable Modem Gateway
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Port Triggering monitors outbound traffic. When the gateway detects traffic on the specified
outbound port, it remembers the IP address of the computer that sent the data and "triggers" the
incoming port. Incoming traffic on the triggered port is then forwarded to the triggering computer.
An example of Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is shown in
connect to an IRC server, the server tries to connect back on port 113 to do an Ident lookup. Unless
you have configured Port Forwarding to open port 113, the traffic will be blocked. In this example,
the initial login to the server in the range of ports 6660 to 6670 will be detected. This will trigger
the gateway to temporarily forward port 113 to the PC that initiated the login.l
To configure Port Triggering:
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Figure 4-6: Port Triggering menu, with IRC example.
Figure 4-6. When you
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