Two Points To Remember About Trigger Ports - ZyXEL Communications MWR211 - V1.0 Manual

Figure 88 Trigger Port Forwarding Process:
Example
Jane requests a file from the Real Audio server (port 7070).
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Port 7070 is a "trigger" port and causes the MWR211 to record Jane's
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computer IP address. The MWR211 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
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6970-7170.
The MWR211 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
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closed or times out. The MWR211 times out in three minutes with UDP
(User Datagram Protocol), or two hours with TCP/IP (Transfer Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol).

13.5.2 Two Points To Remember About Trigger Ports

Trigger events only happen on data that is going coming from inside the
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MWR211 and going to the outside.
2 If an application needs a continuous data stream, that port (range) will be
tied up so that another computer on the LAN can't trigger it.
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