Help w/ my moms poopy router

So my mother has a Belkin F5D5230-4 router. It's total hud! and I entered
setup for it to forward the ports to support remote assistance. and the menu
system is so archaic that it doesn't even have a clear port forwarding
section. So I thought I'd download the manual because there must be a way to
forward the ports, but as I peer over the manual it really looks like
there's not. The only thing that looks remotely like port forwarding is this
section that says "special application settings" and it's got a box that
asks the "trigger port" and whether it's TCP or UDP then a box asking the
public port name then asking public type TCP or UDP.

does this sound familiar to anyone. A little help would be nice. I'm
thinking that port forwarding isn't an option on this beast.

Help Please!!!

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:34:07 -0800, "Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>So my mother has a Belkin F5D5230-4 router. It's total hud! and I entered
>setup for it to forward the ports to support remote assistance. and the menu
>system is so archaic that it doesn't even have a clear port forwarding
>section. So I thought I'd download the manual because there must be a way to
>forward the ports, but as I peer over the manual it really looks like
>there's not. The only thing that looks remotely like port forwarding is this
>section that says "special application settings" and it's got a box that
>asks the "trigger port" and whether it's TCP or UDP then a box asking the
>public port name then asking public type TCP or UDP.
>
>does this sound familiar to anyone. A little help would be nice. I'm
>thinking that port forwarding isn't an option on this beast.
>
>Help Please!!!

Jason,

Port Triggering is for applications running on your LAN to open different ports
for return traffic to use, when triggered by outgoing traffic.

I believe Virtual Server Settings (Page 33) are what you're looking for.

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Also sounds somewhat similar to my SMC router configuration. I have the
SMC7004ABR - if you're really stuck, get the manual for this and peer
over that and see if it's any more help. (Although, looks like Jason's
got it.)

Paul

Chuck wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:34:07 -0800, "Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>So my mother has a Belkin F5D5230-4 router. It's total hud! and I entered
>>setup for it to forward the ports to support remote assistance. and the menu
>>system is so archaic that it doesn't even have a clear port forwarding
>>section. So I thought I'd download the manual because there must be a way to
>>forward the ports, but as I peer over the manual it really looks like
>>there's not. The only thing that looks remotely like port forwarding is this
>>section that says "special application settings" and it's got a box that
>>asks the "trigger port" and whether it's TCP or UDP then a box asking the
>>public port name then asking public type TCP or UDP.
>>
>>does this sound familiar to anyone. A little help would be nice. I'm
>>thinking that port forwarding isn't an option on this beast.
>>
>>Help Please!!!
>
>
> Jason,
>
> Port Triggering is for applications running on your LAN to open different ports
> for return traffic to use, when triggered by outgoing traffic.
>
> I believe Virtual Server Settings (Page 33) are what you're looking for.
>

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:11:28 -0500, Paul E Mak <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>Also sounds somewhat similar to my SMC router configuration. I have the
>SMC7004ABR - if you're really stuck, get the manual for this and peer
>over that and see if it's any more help. (Although, looks like Jason's
>got it.)
>
>Paul

Paul,

Yes, many router manufacturers call this feature Virtual Server. Others call it
Port Forwarding. You gotta RTFM though to figure it all out.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.