Motorola SBG941UE, 570280-001-a, SBG941E Field Descriptions for the Advanced Port Triggers

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Advanced Port Triggers Page

This 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, gaming, and some messaging program features may require these special settings.

The Advanced Port Triggers are similar to Advanced Port Forwarding except that they are not static ports held open all the time. When the Configuration Manager detects outgoing data on a specific IP port number set in the “Trigger Range,” the resulting ports set in the “Target Range” are opened for incoming (sometimes referred to as bi-directional ports) data. If no outgoing traffic is detected on the “Trigger Range” ports for 10 minutes, the “Target Range” ports will close. This is a safer method for opening specific ports for special applications (e.g. video conferencing programs, interactive gaming, file transfer in chat programs, etc.) because they are dynamically triggered and not held open constantly or erroneously left open via the router administrator and exposed for potential hackers to discover.

Field Descriptions for the Advanced Port Triggers Page

Field	Description
Trigger Range
Start Port	The starting port number of the Port Trigger range.

Advanced Pages • Advanced Port Triggers Page

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