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 ...

It's usually not practical or affordable for every computer to have its own printer, so many businesses place standard and specialized printers in convenient locations, and then share the printers ...

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 ...

It's difficult to resist the urge to use port forwarding since this can be achieved on your router with a quick settings ...

Anywhere that multiple computing devices share a single Internet connection there is a router. Recently routers from Linksys, Netgear, Cisco and others were found to have a huge security flaw. This is ...

It can be a little more simple than performing port forwarding, so first, we recommend checking out our UPnP guide for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and returning to these steps if you're still ...

Single NAT is straightforward in dealing with port forwarding, but the problem is that many ISPs use another form of NAT called CGNAT (Carrier Grade-NAT), which puts you in a double NAT situation.

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 ...

For so many of us, networking hardware is a necessary evil. It’s great when it works, but once it does, we just want to leave it alone. But if you’ve ever run into an app or service that requires ...