In 1997, I was talking to a professional investor who thought that the value of office space in urban high rises was about to take a big dive. His rationale was that telecommuting was going to get big ...

Many people are thinking of ssh tunnels when they talk about port forwarding. It’s easy to set up and you probably have everything you need (i.e., ssh) on most any system you want to use it on. Port ...

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 ...

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 ...

A static IP address gives a fixed address to your computer on the local network at your business. Port forwarding is used by computers on the Internet to connect to a specific device on your internal ...

Best VPN for 2025: Our Top 10 Favorite VPN Services VPN Port Forwarding: What is it Exactly? VPN port forwarding is a technique that can supercharge your online activities, particularly if you’re ...

Port forwarding is a solution to a problem that many gamers know all too well: You attempt to join a friend in an online match but can’t because your connection to the gaming network is limited, ...

When the internet was first designed, every device connected to it was supposed to have a unique public-facing IP address, and they did, for a time. But the explosion of internet-connected devices ...

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 ...