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Author Topic: Difference between Virtual Server & Port Forwarding  (Read 3267 times)

churin

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Difference between Virtual Server & Port Forwarding
« on: March 20, 2011, 02:17:05 PM »
I wonder what the difference is between the virtual server and the port forwarding because the router I was using previously had only port forwarding. When should I use virtual server instead of port forwarding?
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SpaceCadet0

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Re: Difference between Virtual Server & Port Forwarding
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 05:37:55 PM »
Virtual Server allows the defining of a different public port number from that of the private port number.  Port forwarding just open up ports without redefining their number.

I use Virtual Server to allow RDP to different private PC's, all having the same private port # of 3389, but the public ports are all different unique number.
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