Me and my roommates have been sharing a cable connection for several months, with a dedicated router/firewall machine. At first it was an old clunker with OpenBSD, then the machine was replaced by one ...

Port forwarding is a security risk and a massive headache. If you're hosting a website or a game server at home, see why ...

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 ...

Also called "port mapping," port forwarding is directing traffic from the outside world to the appropriate server inside a local TCP/IP network. Internet services are identified by a standard port ...

If you have a router running as part of your PC’s Internet connection setup, you may have run into some trouble when attempting to host online PC games or perform other tasks that requires ‘net ...

I'm not a total noob, which means I can get into real trouble (ha ha). Patience with me please. I have FiOS and use their TV--so I need to use their router in order to have full TV functionality. I'm ...

Port forwarding or Port mapping is the process through which external traffic from the Internet can connect to a computer within a private network. In this post, we will learn how to port forward a ...