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Nortel Business Secure Router 222 Configuration — Basics
Trigger Port Forwarding
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 Business Secure Router 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 WAN port on
the Business Secure Router receives a response with a specific port number and
protocol (incoming port), the Business Secure Router forwards the traffic to the
LAN IP address of the computer that sent the request. After that computer’s
connection for that service closes, another computer on the LAN can use the
service in the same manner. This way, you do not need to configure a new IP
address each time you want a different LAN computer to use the application.
Trigger Port Forwarding example
Figure 41 illustrates an example of trigger port forwarding.
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 to the Business Secure Router.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 31 Address Mapping edit
Label Description
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