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Port forwarding

In computer networking, port forwarding or port mapping is an application of network address translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while the packets are traversing a network gateway, such as a router or firewall. This technique is most commonly used to make services on a host…

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Port forwarding

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples63
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Port forwarding

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related to External links · 23
Port forwarding → Alan Stafford, Archived, Bandwidth, Free, IGD, Internet Gateway Device Protocol, Lightweight, NAT, NAT Traversal, NET, Open, PC World, PMP, PoC TCP, Port Checker Port Forwarding, Programmatic Port Forwardings, Retrieved, Sharing, Source, Testing Tool
related to Purpose · 11
Port forwarding → DSL, Ethernet, Hosts, In, Internet, IP, LAN, NAT/NAPT, Port, The, The NAT
related to Dynamic port forwarding · 10
Port forwarding → Because, DPF, Dynamic, Internet, NAT, Once, Programs, SOCKS, SSH, The
related to Local port forwarding · 10
Port forwarding → After, By, Connections, It, Local, On, Secure Shell, SSH, The, The SSH
related to Remote port forwarding · 7
Port forwarding → In, Secure Shell, SSH, SSH's, The, This, To
is a · 1
Port forwarding → most common type of port forwarding
related to Types · 1
Port forwarding → Port

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port forwarding address network server ssh internet used destination gateway local remote data client another hosts number host access use

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Port forwardingis amost common type of port forwarding0.90text
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingDynamic0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingDPF0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingNAT0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingThe0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingSSH0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingSOCKS0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingInternet0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingPrograms0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingOnce0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to Dynamic port forwardingBecause0.60section
Port forwardingrelated to External linksAlan Stafford0.60section

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