I'm back on my BS 🤪 to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?message-square41arrow-up150arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?I'm back on my BS 🤪 to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square41file-text
minus-squareMurraylinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoExactly what it says on the tin. It forwards mail/packets received on one or more ports to specific ports on another machine on the network.
what’s port forwarding
Exactly what it says on the tin. It forwards mail/packets received on one or more ports to specific ports on another machine on the network.