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Is “Ports”, “Virtual Server” and “Port Forwarding” the same thing?

April 26, 2017ports thing virtual server

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Is “Ports”, “Virtual Server” and “Port Forwarding” the same thing?

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Broadly speaking, Yes, these terms are used interchangeably. Setting up port forwarding is the same as setting up a virtual server. If someone asks you to “Setup the ports”, they mean setup port forwarding/virtual servers. Ports refer to the actual data stream or “data pipe”.