Hey Butch,

Port triggering pretty much works like port forwarding, except dynamically. In other words, your router sees which IP sends some bit of traffic on some port, then dynamically sets up port forwarding for the ports specified in the port triggering entry. Shame if your Linksys routr doesn't have it; if it's one that can support dd-wrt, I'd really recommend giving that a look.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:

> I know what port forwarding does, can someone explain port triggering? 
> I don't think my Linksys has it, but would like to know.  Inquiring 
> minds and all that,  <smile>
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Bob Tinney wrote:
> 
>> Several years ago, I tried port triggering and found that the echo link
>> connection was spotty and I had trouble with broken audio.  Todays newer
>> routers have more powerful processors and port triggering should work much
>> better on today's routers.
>> 
>> Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>> Skype, bobtinn
>> Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: echo link questions
>> 
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> From what I understand, port triggering will allow you to use more than one
>> computer.  I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it really works, but I
>> plan to in the next few days so I'll let you know the results.  Stay tuned.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John J. Jacques" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 23:51
>> Subject: Re: echo link questions
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Albert and all, you may have a problem running echo link on more than
>>> one machine at the same time, because you can't forward ports to more
>>> than one IP local address!  Having said that, you can have echo link
>>> connect through a proxy in wich case it won't matter how the ports are
>>> forwarded.  Be advised that when you do this, you may have to look for an
>>> available proxy and they ask that you limit your time as only one station
>>> can connect to a given proxy at one time!
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps!
>>> 
>>> 73:
>>> J.
>>> John Jacques
>>> Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC
>>> "Where Cat Is,  Is Civilization!"
>>> 
>> 
>>