A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

It's usually not practical or affordable for every computer to have its own printer, so many businesses place standard and specialized printers in convenient locations, and then share the printers ...

Netstat, the TCP/IP networking utility, has a simple set of options and identifies a computer’s listening ports, along with incoming and outgoing network connections. This data can be very helpful if ...

If you've browsed new motherboards, you might have noticed that some of them come with two Ethernet ports. Redundancy is the ...

Data packets travel to and from numbered network ports associated with particular IP addresses and endpoints, using the TCP or UDP transport layer protocols. All ports are potentially at risk of ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo points you in the general direction of how to access your home network remotely using a Dynamic DNS service. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since ...