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what is port forwarding now maybe you've heard about it but you weren't exactly sure what it was or how it works so basically port forwarding allows computers over the Internet to connect to a specific computer or service within a private network it's basically making your computer accessible over the Internet even though you're behind a router so for example let's say a friend of yours at their home wants to remotely control your computer at your home using a service such as remote desktop connection now remote desktop connection is a service built into Microsoft Windows that enables you to connect to another computer running Microsoft Windows and then once you're connected to the remote computer you can use that computers programs and files just as if you were sitting in front of it so now your friend is ready to connect to your computer so we starts up the remote desktop connection and sends the request to your public IP address with a specific port number no...

what is a Wi-Fi extender so that is a subject of this video now a Wi-Fi extender as the name suggests is what extends the range of a wireless signal from a Wi-Fi router it acts like a bridge between a Wi-Fi router and a Wi-Fi device that is outside the range of a Wi-Fi routers signal the Wi-Fi extender first connects to an existing Wi-Fi network and then once it's connected it then acts like a wireless access point for Wi-Fi devices to connect to so as an example most people who have internet service in their home will most likely have a Wi-Fi router that will broadcast a wireless signal all throughout their home so that their wireless devices can have internet access but sometimes there might be issues where the wireless signal is not strong enough to cover the entire house so for example in this home the Wi-Fi router is in the living room now if you have a wireless laptop that's connected to the routers Wi-Fi in the same room as the Wi-Fi router the signal is obviously going ...