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Question about NAT Router?

If I run a Web server on a machine behind my NAT router, what is the technique that allows unsolicited information to be passed to my web server called?

and... what is it called when I configure my NAT router to pass traffic from one port to another port?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    the second would be called port-forwarding and it's different with every router or i'd try to give you a hint as to do it- a lot of routers you can just roam around and find where it says port forwarding...and portforwarding.com has ALOT of router walkthroughs for it.

    good luck!

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