[RndTbl] Router Config Confuses me
Bill Reid
billreid at shaw.ca
Mon Oct 14 22:55:36 CDT 2002
Mel Seder wrote:
> D-Link DI-701
> I have three open ports that I added using the vserv command of my
> router's software.
>
> I can use all the other main ports ie 80, 25 and various IM programs
> and I never had to go in and add these ports to the open list.
>
> The show command doesn't show ports 80 or 25 as being open. How do
> some programs have the ability to use these ports without them being in
> the allowed list and others such as ftp (20 & 21) need to be added with
> the vserv command?
>
>
> =====
> MelSeder at yahoo.com
The router is only redirecting server ports. You are using port 80, 25,
etc as a client not a server so there is no need to tell the router
anything. It allows all connections to the outside and only block
initial connections coming in.
-- Bill
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Network Consultant, Retired 935-1432 Winnipeg, MB R3M 0P9
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