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5.10 Port forwarding
Port forwarding allows you to forward ports from clients on the local network to any
port(s) on the Data Tank Gateway that you select. This makes it possible to access services
of the local area network from other networks such as the Internet. Services on certain
clients can thus act as servers as they can now be reached via preset ports that no one
else is using.
Example using the remote tool VNC
Click 'Services' -> Port Forwarding on the overview. To add a new forwarding, click
'New'.
You may choose any name for the port sharing. You can either share individual ports
(separated by a comma) (see example) or set an entire range of ports by inserting a ':'
between each of them. You can set the protocol in the drop-down menu 'Protocol' and the
client IP address of the port(s) in your local area network under 'IP address. VNC requires
ports 5800 and 5900. Enter these two ports as seen in the illustration below. Select the
TCP protocol and enter the IP address of the computer where the ports are forwarded.
Then press 'Apply'.
