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freitasm: They are the same thing.
stitch:freitasm: They are the same thing.
So why do we sometimes open port in Windows Firewall and forward in router interface? I am just trying to understand what exactly happens when port forwarding is done at router level and when a port is opened in Windows firewall and how are they same of different?
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freitasm on Keybase | My technology disclosure
stitch: Thanks everyone for the explanations. I was trying to set up FTP server at home just for some testing and it wouldn't work for external access. My router has a static ip from ISP so I thought it would work without any other changes or additions. Finally it worked by opening/forwarding port 21 etc and adding the FileZilla server to Windows Firewall. Now, the reason I asked this question is because I want to know what minimum port opening/forwarding is required for ftp server to be accessed from outside of my Home network as I might have done a bit extra than what was required.
If someone can put the steps in few points that would be great.
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