Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish • 1 year ago

ELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?

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ELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?

Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish • 1 year ago

I often see that network settings have a field for logical port. What is this field.referring to?

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@SonnyIC
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6•1 year ago
what’s port forwarding
- Murray
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  9•1 year ago
  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.
  - @SonnyIC
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    3•1 year ago
    Thanks for the answer!

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