For so many of us, networking hardware is a necessary evil. It's great when it works, but once it does, we just want to leave it alone. But if you've ever run into an app or service that requires "port forwarding" and have thrown up your hands in frustration, don't worry. I'm here to show you it's not so scary after all.The instructions are specifically for AirPort base stations; check out PortForward.com for instructions for a variety of other routers, or consult your router's manual.TranscriptThis is Macworld senior editor Dan Moren. If you've ever set up a network service on your Mac, you may have encountered the arcane term "port forwarding." Port forwarding lets people outside your local network access a service on one of your home machines by forwarding specific traffic to that machine. Think of it like creating a rule in your Mail client to forward only email from specific senders to a different address.Technologies do
