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Setting up Port Triggering for Port Forwarding
My RangeMax recently failed and I replaced it with a ProSafe FVS318N. I understand the former is for home use and the latter is for business. On the RangeMax, I had Port Forwarding set up for a vid...
> The person who setup the RangeMax is no longer here. I am looking at
> its settings with no understanding of it. [...]
Then you might need to read the FVS318N Reference Manual.
> [...] my understanding is that the RangeMax's port forwarding can be
> accomplished on the ProSafe by configuring Port Triggering, and, after
> that, configure Firewall outbound rules and Firewall inbound rules. Or,
> do I only need to configure Firewall outbound and Firewall inbound?
If I wanted port triggering, then I'd read the part of the manual
which talks about port triggering. If I wanted port forwarding, then
I'd read the part of the manual which talks about port forwarding.
Either way, you'd be dealing with "inbound" connections, not "outbound".
> Edit: Considering again, maybe I only need to setup inbound rules,
> because outbound traffic is, by default, unrestricted? And I don't need
> to worry about Port Triggering settings at all?
Sounds right to me.
That did it. I only had to set up the Inbound Services of the Firewall. Outbound Services are Allow Always by default. Port triggering did not have to be set up at all.
To replicate what was done in the old router's Port Forwarding/Port Triggering page (that was checked for Port Forwarding), I set up the new router's Inbound Services for AIM, for the devices' IP addresses and for the ports.
Thanks for guidance.