Cisco Systems BEFSR81 manual Port Triggering, UPnP Forwarding, Triggered Range, Forwarded Range

Chapter 2

Advanced Configuration

Applications and Gaming > Port Triggering

Port Triggering

Application  Enter the application name of the trigger.

Triggered Range

Start Port and End Port  For each application, enter the starting and ending port numbers of the triggered port number range. Check with the Internet application documentation for the port number(s) needed.

Forwarded Range

Start Port and End Port  For each application, enter the starting and ending port numbers of the forwarded port number range. Check with the Internet application documentation for the port number(s) needed.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Applications and Gaming > UPnP Forwarding

The UPnP Forwarding screen displays preset application settings as well as options to customize port services for other applications.

Applications and Gaming > UPnP Forwarding

UPnP Forwarding

Application

Ten applications are preset. For custom applications, enter the name of your application in one of the available fields.

The preset applications are among the most widely used Internet applications. They include the following:

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)  A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, UNIX, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a website on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the web server using FTP.

Telnet  A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on Internet and TCP/IP-based networks. It allows a user at a terminal or computer to log onto a remote device and run a program.

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)  The standard e- mail protocol on the Internet. It is a TCP/IP protocol that defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail.

DNS (Domain Name System)  The way that Internet domain names are located and translated into IP addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember “handle” for an Internet address.

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)  A version of the TCP/IP FTP protocol that has no directory or password capability.

Finger  A UNIX command widely used on the Internet to find out information about a particular user, such as a telephone number, whether the user is currently logged on, and the last time the user was logged on. The person

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