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Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT)

NBG-417N User’s Guide

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

11.5.1 Trigger Port Forwarding Example

The following is an example of trigger port forwarding.

Figure 73 Trigger Port Forwarding Process: Example

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Jane requests a file from the Real Audio server (port 7070).

Table 48 Network > NAT > Advanced

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

#

This is the rule index number (read-only).

Name

Type a unique name (up to 15 characters) for identification purposes.
All characters are permitted - including spaces.

Incoming

Incoming is a port (or a range of ports) that a server on the WAN uses
when it sends out a particular service. The NBG-417N forwards the
traffic with this port (or range of ports) to the client computer on the
LAN that requested the service.

Start Port

Type a port number or the starting port number in a range of port
numbers.

End Port

Type a port number or the ending port number in a range of port
numbers.

Trigger

The trigger port is a port (or a range of ports) that causes (or triggers)
the NBG-417N to record the IP address of the LAN computer that sent
the traffic to a server on the WAN.

Start Port

Type a port number or the starting port number in a range of port
numbers.

End Port

Type a port number or the ending port number in a range of port
numbers.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-417N.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.