Private and public port numbers

I have recently setup a private network at home and my
router is asking for the private and public port numbers
in the virtual server setup...

How do get these?


Fred Hervieux

In article <0ac201c3996e$71c2ccf0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Fred Hervieux"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have recently setup a private network at home and my
>router is asking for the private and public port numbers
>in the virtual server setup...
>
>How do get these?

You only need to define port numbers if you're opening holes in the
router's firewall to let other Internet users access servers running
on your network. Most people don't run any servers, and cable modem
companies generally forbid running most types of servers.

If you'll tell us what servers you're running, someone can probably
tell you what ports they use.
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