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Status_ Internet Sessions
The Internet Sessions page displays full details of active Internet sessions through your router. An
Internet session is a conversation between a program or application on a LAN-side computer and a
program or application on a WAN-side computer.
Local
The IP address and, where appropriate, port number of the local application.
NAT
The port number of the LAN-side application as viewed by the WAN-side application.
Internet
The IP address and, where appropriate, port number of the application on the Internet.
Protocol
The communications protocol used for the conversation.
State
State for sessions that use the TCP protocol.
• NO: None -- This entry is used as a placeholder for a future connection that may occur.
• SS: SYN Sent -- One of the systems is attempting to start a connection.
• EST: Established -- the connection is passing data.
• FW: FIN Wait -- The client system has requested that the connection be stopped.
• CW: Close Wait -- the server system has requested that the connection be stopped.
• TW: Time Wait -- Waiting for a short time while a connection that was in FIN Wait is
fully closed.
• LA: Last ACK -- Waiting for a short time while a connection that was in Close Wait is
fully closed.
• CL: Closed -- The connection is no longer active but the session is being tracked in
case there are any retransmitted packets still pending.
Dir
The direction of initiation of the conversation: