If you're regularly moving files between your Wi-Fi-connected PC or laptop and your NAS, you can put your extra Ethernet port to use by connecting your PC directly to your NAS with a network cable.

Data packets travel to and from numbered network ports associated with particular IP addresses and endpoints, using the TCP or UDP transport layer protocols. All ports are potentially at risk of ...

When it comes down to it, IPv4 port forwarding really only exists because NAT exists. IPv6 removes the need for NAT entirely in a home lab situation, which changes the problem in an important way: ...