RequestTcpIpForwarding Method

Requests the server to forward a remote TCP/IP port.

Syntax

[VB.NET]
Public Sub RequestTcpIpForwarding(ByVal Address As String, ByVal Port As Integer)

[C#]
public void RequestTcpIpForwarding(string address, int port);

Remarks

The RequestTcpIpForwarding method asks the server to listen at the specified TCP/IP Address and Port for connection requests and then forward them as new SSH channels to the component.

The Address argument can specified in different ways:

• "" means that connections are to be accepted on all protocol families supported by the server.
• "0.0.0.0" means to listen on all IPv4 addresses.
• "::" means to listen on all IPv6 addresses.
• "localhost" means to listen on all protocol families supported by the SSH implementation on loopback addresses only.
• "127.0.0.1" and "::1" indicate listening on the loopback interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively.

Passing a value of 0 for the Port parameter instructs the server to assign a port. In this case, query the ForwardedPort setting to determine the port that was assigned by the server.

NOTE: This method has a corresponding asynchronous version (RequestTcpIpForwardingAsync) for use in the Xamarin environment.