Port forwarding settings allow your router to "pass through" telnet traffic. Without port forwarding configurations, the router blocks telnet sessions to the hosted telnet server. Each router has its ...

In normal language, a port is where ships anchor/dock and planes land. They then proceed with their journey as per schedule. In Information Technology lingo, ports are hardware and software (called ...

While connecting to self-hosted services like a password manager from inside your home network is easy, being able to access those services from outside your home network while staying safe is a ...

Your Netgear router uses numbered ports to allow or disallow specific types of traffic to your computer. Some games or programs requires port forwarding to behave optimally. Port forwarding ...

I've got a fax machine converting inbound faxes to PDFs and sending them to my email. My ISP is now blocking port 25 on their entire network, no exceptions. Port 25 is fixed in the fax firmware and ...

Secure shell can overcome a number of networking deficiencies. Jack Wallen illustrates how you can use SSH port forwarding to create encrypted tunnels for remote and local forwarding. The ssh system ...

VirtualBox and VMware default to NAT network type for virtual machines. You will be required to change the network type or forward ports if you are planning to run server software inside your VMs as ...

For years I forwarded ports on my router at home at home with no problem. However, my roomate thinks port forwarding is unsafe and won't let me forward the Blizzard port (6112) so I can host War3 ...