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Port Forwarding For Home Based VPN Server
Hi Guys,
I am attempting to create a home based VPN Sever. I have completed the basic configuration necessary for the server itself and am now attempting to complete the necessary port forwarding s...
Thanks for your input regarding the address reservation. This information will be helpful in resolving that part of the task. I appreciate the assist. My IT training is software oriented with only basic training in areas such as networking. Hopefully someone will respond concering the port forwarding issue.
> [...] Hopefully someone will respond concering the port forwarding
> issue.
What is "the port forwarding issue"?
> I am attempting to create a home based VPN Se[r]ver. [...]
Not a very detailed description of anything.
> [...] attempting to complete the necessary port forwarding steps for
> my router, [...]
What are those "necessary port forwarding steps"? Are you following
some set of (invisible?) instructions?
Yes, I am following instructions from a posting on the internet. I've read several articles on the subject and they all state that port forwarding is part of the process. As I stated my networking skills are limited and I don't quite understand the information concerning port forwarding.
> [...] I am following instructions from a posting on the internet.
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see what you're reading.
> [...] I don't quite understand the information concerning port
> forwarding.
Similarly, I can't see this "information", or guess what about it is
mystifying. This new Inter-Web thing has some potential to provide
information on many topics. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding
Less diffuse questions could get more specific answers, but "VPN
Server" is a bit too vague to make a specific answer practical.