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Disable Port Triggering
By default, port triggering is enabled. You can disable port triggering temporarily without removing any port
triggering services or applications from the Port Triggering Portmap Table.
To disable port triggering:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Select Settings > Advanced Settings > Port Triggering.
The Port Triggering page displays.
5.
Select the Disable Port Triggering check box.
By default, this check box is cleared. If this check box is selected, the router does not use port triggering
even if you specified port triggering settings.
6.
Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Application Example: Port Triggering for Internet Relay Chat
Some application servers, such as FTP and IRC servers, send replies to multiple port numbers. Using port
triggering, you can tell the router to open more incoming ports when a particular outgoing port starts a
session.
An example is Internet Relay Chat (IRC).Your computer connects to an IRC server at destination port 6667.
The IRC server not only responds to your originating source port but also sends an "identify" message to
your computer on port 113. Using port triggering, you can tell the router, "When you initiate a session with
destination port 6667, you must also allow incoming traffic on port 113 to reach the originating computer."
The following sequence shows the effects of this port triggering rule:
1.
You open an IRC client program to start a chat session on your computer.
2.
Your IRC client composes a request message to an IRC server using a destination port number of 6667,
the standard port number for an IRC server process. Your computer then sends this request message
to your router.
3.
Your router creates an entry in its internal session table describing this communication session between
your computer and the IRC server.Your router stores the original information, performs Network Address
Translation (NAT) on the source address and port, and sends this request message through the Internet
to the IRC server.
4.
Noting your port triggering rule and observing the destination port number of 6667, your router creates
another session entry to send any incoming port 113 traffic to your computer.
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