DCM-604 Series EMTA Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adaptor
User’s Manual
Using the Port Forwarding page, you can provide local services (web servers, FTP servers,
mail servers, etc) for people on the Internet or play Internet games. A table of commonly
used port numbers is also provided.
5.4.6 Port Triggers
The Port Triggers page allows you to configure dynamic triggers to specific devices on the
LAN. This allows for special applications that require specific port numbers with bi-
directional traffic to function properly. Applications such as video conferencing, voice,
gaming, and some messenging program features may require these special settings.
Port Triggering is an elegant mechanism that does the forwarding for you, each time you
play the game.
You can specify up to 10 port ranges on which to trigger.
5.4.7 DMZ Host
The DMZ page allows you to configure a specific network device to be exposed or visible
directly to the WAN (public Internet). Setting a host on your local network as demilitarized
zone (DMZ) forwards any network traffic that is not redirected to another host via the port
forwarding feature to the IP address of the host (PC). This designates one PC on your
LAN that should be left accessible to all PCs from the WAN side for all ports. For example,
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