Data sent over a network is directed through specific ports, numbered 1 through 64435. A computer uses port numbers – similar to channels on a television – to determine how network traffic should be ...

If you've browsed new motherboards, you might have noticed that some of them come with two Ethernet ports. Redundancy is the name of the game.

Netstat, the TCP/IP networking utility, has a simple set of options and identifies a computer’s listening ports, along with incoming and outgoing network connections. This data can be very helpful if ...

To most, the term "internet port scanning" might sound like the kind of nonsensical technobabble you would hear on an episode of "NCIS." However, port scanning is a very real and widely used method, ...

The most useful mini PC upgrade isn’t more RAM. A second Ethernet port unlocks routing and segmentation, and helps keep a cleaner home lab network.