Remote Port Forwarding Properties Dialog


The Remote Port Forwarding Properties dialog can be accessed by clicking on either the Add... or Edit... button on the Connection/Port Forwarding/Remote/X11 category of the Session Options dialog.

Name

 

Name

Enter a unique name for this connection [A data path or circuit between two computers over a phone line, network cable, or other means. ] .

Remote

 

Manually select remote IP address on which to allow connections

Check this option to bind the remote end of a port forwarding [The concept of connecting a logical port on a local machine to a port on a remote machine over a secure (encrypted) channel. All requests for services sent to the local port are then forwarded across the secure channel to the corresponding port on the remote machine.] to an address other than the default localhost loopback adaptor (e.g., an internal LAN interface).

Port

Enter the number or name of the port on the remote machine from which you want to connect.

Local

 

Destination host is different from localhost

Check this option if the destination host is different from the localhost.

Port

Enter the number or name of the port on the local machine to which you want to connect.

Enabled

Unchecking this option temporarily disables the port-forwarded connection.  

 

 

Related Topics

  1. Configuring Port-Forwarding Filters