Question

What is the purpose of port forwarding and how is it used?

Answer 1

Port forwarding:

" Port forwarding is the act of configuring a router to make a computer and network device that is connected to it assible to other computer and network device out side the local network"

When we able to port forwarding for a device we are turning remote internet access.

Purpose:

The purpose of port forwarding is allows remote computer to connect to a specific computer or service with in a private local area network.

Uses:

• In computer port forwarding is an application of network address translation that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while packets traversing network gateway such as router or firewall.