Arawn
27-06-2004, 04:28
Hi!
First, I know what Port Trigger is about. What I want to know are the conditions that maintain open the dependent ports.
Let me explain my question. I know that traffic at the trigger port opens the specified incoming ports, but still not sure the specific sequence of events. The manual that came with the router shows an old firmware (Port Mapping), and the explanation at the web console is ambiguous.
The trigger port acts on incoming or outgoing traffic? If the open ports are for external traffic, I deduce the trigger port is for internal request, otherwise the router cannot know where to route the incoming traffic...
Do the open ports stay open indefinitely, or are timed out, or close on lack of traffic, time dependent? Is this kind of behaviour, if true, dependent on the trigger port or open ports?
Hope you can see that I wish to understand completely the workings of Port Trigger.
Hope someone can explain this to me.
My thanks in advance.
First, I know what Port Trigger is about. What I want to know are the conditions that maintain open the dependent ports.
Let me explain my question. I know that traffic at the trigger port opens the specified incoming ports, but still not sure the specific sequence of events. The manual that came with the router shows an old firmware (Port Mapping), and the explanation at the web console is ambiguous.
The trigger port acts on incoming or outgoing traffic? If the open ports are for external traffic, I deduce the trigger port is for internal request, otherwise the router cannot know where to route the incoming traffic...
Do the open ports stay open indefinitely, or are timed out, or close on lack of traffic, time dependent? Is this kind of behaviour, if true, dependent on the trigger port or open ports?
Hope you can see that I wish to understand completely the workings of Port Trigger.
Hope someone can explain this to me.
My thanks in advance.