Why port forwarding

[steve dino]

What is the compelling reason to do a port fowarding. It is becausse it can accerelate torrent downloading ? Any advise and how does this works ?

[ohmygod1986]

To use port that are blocked that are block by your firewall :yawn:

[alanchia67]

ts, the correct answer is here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding