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Port forwarding explained in 9 mins. It’s been a mystery for 40 yrs. Great explanation.

Love the fact that not only you explain the terms " Port Forwarding " , you actually take a step further and talk about what a port actually is , and not assuming that all people have already known about it ! Please continue with the good work !

Using the analogy of a phone switchboard is fantastic.

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Thank you. The analogy of phone extension really did clear about the gist of port forwarding.

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I’m taking a paid course and I’m wondering as to why the paid course can’t make it this easy to understand? Thank you for explaining!

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Dude, for visual learners these videos are simply amazing. Thank you.

Best video on port forwarding I’ve come across. No annoying channel intro, no stupid music, no silly gimmicks or comedy routines. Simple and straight to the point. Well done my friend.

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I love when you say if your still confused here's another explanation and it clicks!! Thank you.

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Finally a clear and thorough explanation of Port Forwarding. Thanks so much, this was amazing!

Thank you for explaining it in a simple, clear way that laymen can understand instead of a pretentious, self-satisfied, gatekeeping way that assumes the viewer already knows certain things.

I always heard these terms (in your different courses) and you have made everything so simple. I feel like I know the internet and its corresponding pieces SO much better now!

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finally, someone who can explain ports and port forwarding in plain English with a great analogy!

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Idk why I wasn't processing this concept at all, but this made it extremely straight forward and I was confusing myself for no reason. Ty good sir

well precise explanation with example :) .. I actually didn't really understand whats port forwarding before watching this video..thank you

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The telephone comparison is outstanding.

Though having years of hearing about Port Forwarding and getting a sense of what it is and how to set it up, I never felt comfortable about tackling it in my fancy router. In just a few minutes, you educated me to the point I am now confident I know what this is, why it is done, and how to do it. Thank You!

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This does do a very nice job of explaining the process of port forwarding in a "friendly" environment. Next, we should address a more important issue, namely what to do with port forwarding over the open internet which is not populated by "friends" but by people whose sole purpose is to steal information and leave undetected. Microsoft products in their default configuration are often setup for indiscriminate sharing, a connection not desired over the open internet.

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Thank you! I was struggling to understand portforwarding. Now I think I got it. The animations/diagrams and slow explanation is so helpful T__T

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oh my god! After so many years of confused Port Forwarding topic for me, your Telephone example NAILED IT! It's very very very clear to me now. Thanks a ton! Have watched all your videos in a single day. You deserve to be subscribed and supported. You break very difficult thing in the simplest way that even a newborn baby can understand. Love from India. :)

Before going thru your video, i went thru many other videos and articles. But yours was the best possible explanation

These videos are the future of IT Education. Well done. Thanks.

A very good video for beginners. In many occasions, these kind of technical explanations are done by experts who would assume their readers to already know the most fundamental concepts, leaving a lot of question marks for those who want to understand fully. But this is so well done that you understand the concepts quite thoroughly.

I learnt more in a single youtube video than what I studied in class..

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One of the best technical video made simple I have seen. Quote from Albert Einstein - " If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Great video. God bless you. Thanks

Most informative and helpful explaining a concept I had a difficult time understanding.. Thank you

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After alllllll the reading that I've done, and video's that I've seen. Port forwarding has never been made so clear for me. Not even 10 minutes, and I understand now. Thank you!!! I've been watching your video's an hour non stop. I had to sub. I just can't believe that your video's are this short, and straight to the heart of the matter. Every one of them that I've watched!!!!! The absolute best!!!

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Well done. I liked your phone/extension analogy. .

Awesome the phone illustration helped thanks

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OMG THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED - I have been staring at Kubernetes trying to understand some abstractions, and this video just filled in a major gap. Thank you!

Best Port Forwarding Intro Video I've ever seen. Still one question: must the internal port always be identical with the external ones? For security issues, usual ports exposure should not be so safe from productive environment users. What is the solution ? Thanks~!

The people who disliked the video are probably operating their WiFi from a toaster

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4:35 Now I know when I call some phone company, I has to press 1 or 2 or 3, in order to move on the call.

You might want to bring this back out to the public again now that there is more cellular internet service. This helped me out more then you can know. Thanks.

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Doesnt the router forward using both a ip and port? The example makes it seem like only the port number is used to connect to device but its port and ip of device that initiated the request. This would give the idea that everyones internet will be blocked because someone assigned port 80 to their device

Well, I've got a question .... what if two computers💻,💻 which both have port 80, have their entries in the port forwarding table with the same port number although different IP addresses...then which computer is the router going to forward the packet to?

you talk slowly and clearly without goofy music and jokes. thanks.

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I understand the part where you have to enter to the port number to bypasss the firewall. but, where does the Public IP number 66.94.34.13 number come from? And how do I find this ip number?

Excellent animations, good comparison to companies departments. But: you should at least mention, that port forwarding can be a highly dangerous thing! Do not hide the dark force of internet!