MF-230 Troubleshooting & Web UI Configuration Guide v1.0
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Networking – Trigger
Port Triggering is Port Forwarding with an ON/OFF switch for the Ports that have been
forwarded. This ON/OFF switch is turned ON or OFF by data flowing out of a Trigger Port.
Port Triggering is a little more secured than Port Forwarding because the incoming Ports
are not open all the time. They are only open when a program is actively using the
Trigger Port.
Note: Most Port Triggering setups DO NOT require you to enter a LAN IP Address
to forward the incoming Ports to. This means that any computer on the network
can use your Port Triggering setup. If two computers try to use the Port
Triggering setup at the same time you will run into problems.
Name
It is an Identifier of the Port Triggering rule.
Trigger
Port
It is the range of Ports that will be triggered ON/OFF when there
is outgoing data that uses that range of Ports from your router’s
Public IP side.
Open Port It is the range of Ports that incoming data will be forwarded to
when outgoing data triggers the Port Triggering rule in the
router.
Trigger
Protocol
It is the Internet Protocol that is allowed to be Port Forwarded in
the Incoming data of the WAN Side.
