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I’m a network newbie so I have no idea about the importance of this. I have done port forwarding in my router before, mainly so I can access my Plex system outs
by pixelatedindex 3y ago
I’m a network newbie so I have no idea about the importance of this. I have done port forwarding in my router before, mainly so I can access my Plex system outside of my house. I used to setup port forwarding when torrenting but I have realized that I can still get my Linux ISOs without it. I never cared even though I’m a heavy user of their product. When will it start to affect me, or in other words, what use cases am I locked out of when port forwarding is disabled?
- duozerk 3y agoYou'd need that feature if you desired to host an actual service (a webserver for example) behind the VPN
- pixelatedindex 3y agoOh!! That makes a ton of sense now, I feel dumb for not thinking about that since I was just doing some config changes for Docker services running in my home server. I realized I couldn’t access it from another machine because the Dockerfile didn’t have ports forwarded appropriately. Thank you very much!
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- treyd 3y agoYour torrent client probably uses UPnP to have your router selectively open ports to your machine for the duration of the session.