Macsense Connectivity XRouter Pro user manual Special APP, How the Special App Feature Works

Chapter 4 - ADVANCED CONFIGURATION

4.6 Special APP

The Special App is an advanced feature but is not typically required to use the XRouter Pro. This feature allows you to specify a range for incoming ports to be open to computers on the network upon an outgoing trigger port for special application that need two-way communication. For exam- ple, if you wanted to allow Quicktime Streaming for the local network, you need to have the proper entries on this page. However, by default QuickTime and ReaPlayer are enabled but do not require any modifica- tions. (See Figure 4.6-1)

Figure 4.6-1

How the Special App Feature Works

The Special App feature works by monitoring any user defined outgoing trigger ports. When the XRouter Pro receives a request on these outgoing trigger ports it will open a range of user defined incoming ports to the computer that originally sent the request to. Each computer on the net- work can use the Special App. Since the Special App feature works upon an outgoing trigger port, the user defined incoming ports are closed before the computer accesses the outgoing trigger port. In other words, incoming ports are closed until a proper internet request is made. Also, the incom- ing ports will automatically close if the XRouter Pro does not sense any activity for an extended period.

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