#Port forward utility free manual

WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISUSE OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE USE OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OBEY ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ISPs block this port to reduce the amount of spam generated by worms on infected machines within their network. Port 25 is the default port for sending and receiving mail. With blocked port 80 you will need to run your web server on a non-standard port. Port 80 is the default port for http traffic. The most commonly blocked ports are port 80 and port 25. Most residential ISP's block ports to combat viruses and spam.

#Port forward utility free manual

Please refer to your routers manual or manufacturer for assistance in setting up port forwarding. This utility can verify the success of that process. It is easily manageable with a simple Windows GUI. The program runs as an NT Service and can forward various ports from any of local interfaces to whatever remote IP address.

When you forward a specific port on your router, you are telling your router where to direct traffic for that port. PassPort is a simple port forwarding utility. In a typical network the router has the public IP address and computers/servers obtain a private IP address from the router that is not addressable from outside the network.

This allows you to run a web server, game server or a service of your choosing from behind a router.

Port forwarding or port mapping allows remote computers to connect to a specific computer or service on a private network.