Westell port question in Westell http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22413433 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:08:22 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:08:22 EDT Re: Westell port question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22445903 nwrickert : With some routers, an unforwarded port simply shows as a closed port. With others it shows as stealth.

Once a port is forwarded to a computer internal to your LAN, that computer is now in charge. If that computer happens to be running a firewall that drops all packets for that port, it will show as stealth. Otherwise it will show as closed unless there is a program listening on that port (when it shows as open).

If the port is forwarded to a non-existent computer on your LAN, it will show as stealth.

That's just the way TCP works.

I'm not sure what you are looking for. A port cannot show as open, unless there is software listening on that port and accepting connections on that port. That's pretty much the definition of "open".
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AT&T dsl; Westell 327w modem/router; openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.10]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22445903 Tue, 26 May 2009 13:01:56 EDT Re: Westell port question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22445861 espplayer7 : thats not how it worked when i had my previous router]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22445861 Tue, 26 May 2009 12:56:33 EDT Re: Westell port question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22413808 nwrickert : That's how they should behave.

Without forwarding, they would probably show as stealth (no response).

With forwarding, if the program is not running your operating system refuses connections (port is seen as closed).

With forwarding, and the program is running, your operating system accepts connections for the program (port is seen as open).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22413808 Tue, 19 May 2009 20:25:53 EDT Westell port question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22413433 espplayer7 : Hey guys i have the westell 9100em and i was just wondering why my ports that i forward are showed as closed but when i open the program to which is associated to that port (Utorrent) it will show the port as open until i close the program.. any ideas? i DO NOT have any firewall on except windows]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22413433 Tue, 19 May 2009 19:09:36 EDT