[Wylug-help] Router config problem

[Jim Jackson]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Anne Wilson wrote:

> I've just installed a Netgear N600 modem/router, and I'm having problems
> understanding how it handles port forwarding/triggering.  On my old
> router I accepted calls on a high-numbered port and forwarded them to
> the IMAP server:143.  The new router does allow me to set custom
> services on both the forwarding and the triggering screens, but I simply
> can't see how to set it up.
> 
> For Port Forwarding you can add only
> Service Name 	Start Port 	End Port 	Server IP Address

It looks like you cannot do port translation. You just forward a specific 
port to an internal IP address. I had an ADSL router like this some while 
ago, and used a port redirection service on my server to redirect it to the 
correct port, e.g. redir or the inbuilt port redirection in xinetd.


> 
> For Port Triggering it has the screen in the attached .png.
> 
> Am I going about this the wrong way?  The LinkSys had External Port and
> Internal Port, so it was easy to sort out what it was looking for.  I
> can't believe this router can't do it, so I must be missing the obvious
> somewhere.
> 
> Anne
>