Two Points To Remember About Trigger Ports - ZyXEL Communications WAH7608 User Manual

Port 7070 is a "trigger" port and causes the WAH7608 to record Jane's computer IP address. The
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WAH7608 associates Jane's computer IP address with the "incoming" port range of 6970-7170.
The Real Audio server responds using a port number ranging between 6970-7170.
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The WAH7608 forwards the traffic to Jane's computer IP address.
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Only Jane can connect to the Real Audio server until the connection is closed or times out. The
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WAH7608 times out in three minutes with UDP (User Datagram Protocol), or two hours with TCP/IP
(Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).

11.4.5 Two Points To Remember About Trigger Ports

Trigger events only happen on data that is coming from inside the WAH7608 and going to the outside.
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If an application needs a continuous data stream, that port (range) will be tied up so that another
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computer on the LAN can't trigger it.
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