So I am on the search, I need to find a good application for port triggering.
I use uTorrent for getting various content/distributions, however I don't want traffic hitting my router when I am not using the application. To get the best out of uTorrent you need to open a port on your router (port forward), but I don't want that port to be open when my application is not running, so what's the solution - port triggering.
There is an application out there that will work Port Trigger, but it is not supported in Windows 7. The basic idea is that when Port Trigger sees the application of choice (uTorrent) running, it will intermittently send a request to a port. This port request can then be set up at your router to open the configured port for your application connection. Then, when the application is not running Port Trigger no longer 'pings' the trigger port, and the router will not open the port for the application.
If anyone has any suggestions for a Windows 7 supported application, please get in touch!
My router running Tomato firmware:
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