TUTORIALS

Port Forwarding in pfSense

Port forwarding is used to allow external access to specific services running inside a private network. Since most home and lab networks use NAT (Network Address Translation), external devices cannot directly communicate with internal services unless port forwarding is configured.



Dynamic DNS (DDNS)

In a homelab, Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is essential for accessing self-hosted services from outside the network, especially if ISP provides a dynamic public IP address, which is very common for most of the Internet users. One can avoid this by purchasing a static IP from the ISP.