Watch BEFORE Port Forwarding - The Complete Guide to Port Forwarding

This video goes over the complete guide to understanding what port forwarding is. This is critical to understand before opening anything up to the internet on your router.

#portforwarding
#security
#homelab

TOC:
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Basic IP address setup
05:26 Accessing devices from the internet
07:34 Ports
10:15 Port forwarding rules
12:45 Security implications
15:16 Using a second router
18:05 Universal plug and play (UPnP)
21:23 Walkthrough on my router
26:25 Conclusion

[mariatenaglia]

You saved my life, I've been trying to do this for the last year and there wasn't a single tutorial as clear and simple as this one. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH

[calmviki]

I have watched 10 videos over port forwarding & was sceptical to watch your near half an hr video. But really your way to explain is most elucid and understandable.

Thanks to finish my spree to watch videos to understand the subject.

Keep making more. & Keep it pure.

[ryaniglesias]

i just discovered your channel randomly and I love very informative and easy to follow and understand you are the best

[comosaycomosah]

man! youre a g i love how you talk super clear and concise without sounding slow and dumb lol really good job youre doing and actually helping folks

[ystebadvonschlegel]

I love the facial expressions when covering UPNP. Tells the whole story right there. Great video

[SteveBarajas]

Excellent video. I work in I.T. and you really take the time to explain it well.

[rgbkenpachi]

Man you helped me so much with my home NAS. I appreciate your dedication.

[egrjotp]

I think this is a very clear and informative explanation of port forwarding. I will watch this whole video later.

[drewbert]

It takes deep understanding to explain complex topics in simple terms.

[paulgul]

Thanks, that was a very interesting and helpful video. I had heard of port forwarding but didn't know the details. Very well explained 😊

[harrykwa]

Bravo! Super clear explanations that lifted the fog for a noob on what ports are, port forwarding, and particularly, port forwarding in a double NAT setup. Suggestion: Perhaps enable 2-factor authentication on the NAS to enhance security?

[twd]

Finally, I have been waiting for this for a long time 😍!!!

[Hopkins]

Thank you for the amazing, clear, and comprehensive content.

[danielbehin]

This was very helpful, thank you. You explained everything really well and I have already disabled UPnP because of it. I want to port forward using my Plex on my Synology NAS. Any way you can make a short video about that? I realize you are very busy, but I think that would be helpful. Thank you for all that you do. I have watched most of you videos at this point!

[johnvsf]

Very informative! Thank you for sharing.

[pauldub]

Many thanks for this great explanation

[patelck]

It is very well explained video. Thanks for explaining in such simple terms.
I have been searching on the internet for understanding how to implement the same in ipv6 networks. It is quite confusing to configure, as it is said the ipv6 does not require port forwarding. All devices on ipv6 can talk to internet directly. In such a scenario, how do one exactly secure the ipv6 network. Can we still resort to port forwarding in ipv6? These are some of the questions I am looking answers for.

[gangstaberry]

This video is amazing... Thank you so much ^^

[KodaBearzVR]

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[joe_zupko]

Using port forwarding is much faster than using the quick connect server!