Ethernet Shield and Port Forwarding

Projects Networking, Protocols, and Devices
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Hi all,

I have an arduino with an ethernet shield that I would like to be able to control from outside of my home network which is run through a FIOS router. I've read in a few places that port forwarding is the way to do it. My question is if I set up port forwarding for the arduino does it put any of the other devices on my network at risk?

Thanks

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My question is if I set up port forwarding for the arduino does it put any of the other devices on my network at risk?

With port forwarding, you are telling the router that if any data arrives for a specific port (and that can include the default ports usually used by specific protocols) that data is to be forwarded to a specific local IP address.

So, no, there is no risk of data (viruses, worm, etc.) being sent to other devices on your network.

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Thanks!