Configuring Port Triggering And Port Forwarding - NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824 Reference Manual

Note: The MAC address is a twelve character key containing the characters 0-9, A-F only and
separated by colons (e.g., 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01) that can usually be found on the bottom of the
wireless device.

Configuring Port Triggering and Port Forwarding

Port Triggering is an advanced feature that can be used to easily enable gaming and other internet
applications. Port Forwarding is typically used to enable similar functionality, but it is static and
has some limitations.
Note: If you use applications such as multi-player gaming, peer-to-peer connections, real time
communications such as instant messaging, or remote assistance (a feature in Windows XP), you
should also enable UPnP according to the instructions at
on page 8-20.
Port Triggering opens an incoming port temporarily and does not require the server on the internet
to track your IP address if it is changed by DHCP, for example.
Port Triggering monitors outbound traffic. When the router 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.
Using the Port Triggering page, you can make local computers or servers available to the Internet
for different services (for example, FTP or HTTP), to play Internet games (like Quake III), or to
use Internet applications (like CUseeMe).
Port Forwarding is designed for FTP, Web Server or other server based services. Once port
forwarding is set up, request from Internet will be forwarded to the proper server. On the contrary,
port triggering will only allow request from Internet after a designated port is 'triggered'. Port
triggering applies to chat and Internet games.
Advanced Configuration of the Router
Reference Manual for the RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824
202-10072-01, March 2005
"Using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)"
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