Configuring trigger port, 6 configuring trigger port – ZyXEL Communications Internet Security Gateway ZyWALL 2 Series User Manual
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Table 8-6 Address Mapping Rule
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Type
Choose the port mapping type from one of the following. 
1. One-to-One: One-to-one mode maps one local IP address to one global IP 
address. Note that port numbers do not change for One-to-one NAT mapping type. 
2. Many-to-One: Many-to-One mode maps multiple local IP addresses to one global 
IP address. This is equivalent to SUA (i.e., PAT, port address translation), the Single 
User Account feature. 
3. Many-to-Many Ov (Overload): Many-to-Many Overload mode maps multiple local 
IP addresses to shared global IP addresses. 
4. Many One-to-One: Many One-to-one mode maps each local IP address to unique 
global IP addresses. 
5. Server: This type allows you to specify inside servers of different services behind 
the NAT to be accessible to the outside world. 
Local Start IP
This is the starting Inside Local IP Address (ILA). Local IP addresses are N/A for 
Server port mapping. 
Local End IP
This is the end Inside Local IP Address (ILA). If your rule is for all local IP addresses, 
then enter 0.0.0.0 as the Local Start IP address and 255.255.255.255 as the Local 
End IP address. 
This field is N/A for One-to-One and Server mapping types. 
Global Start IP
This is the starting Inside Global IP Address (IGA). Enter 0.0.0.0 here if you have a 
dynamic IP address from your ISP. 
Global End IP
This is the ending Inside Global IP Address (IGA). This field is N/A for One-to-One, 
Many-to-One and Server mapping types. 
Apply
Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.
Reset
Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
8.6 Configuring Trigger Port
Some services use a dedicated range of ports on the client side and a dedicated range of ports on the server 
side. With regular port forwarding you set a forwarding port in NAT to forward a service (coming in from 
the server on the WAN) to the IP address of a computer on the client side (LAN). The problem is that port 
forwarding only forwards a service to a single LAN IP address. In order to use the same service on a different 
LAN computer, you have to manually replace the LAN computer's IP address in the forwarding port with 
another LAN computer's IP address, 
Trigger port forwarding solves this problem by allowing computers on the LAN to dynamically take turns 
using the service. The ZyWALL records the IP address of a LAN computer that sends traffic to the WAN to 
request a service with a specific port number and protocol (a "trigger" port). When the ZyWALL's WAN port 
