You should get the remote sign on screen of the system you are tunneling to. Do not save this yet we have to configure the ports for tunneling.
As long as your PuTTY SSH connection remains connected, your proxy tunnel will be open and you will be able to use the internet through this proxy. Make sure 'SOCKS v5' is selected and select the 'OK' button to save. Type the name you wish to use for the saved connection. In the 'SOCKS Host' box enter 'localhost' and for 'Port' enter '31415' (or whatever you set your SSH Tunnel up with). Open PuTTY.EXE, configure your host name, and select SSH for port. 2) In putty, on the left-hand navigation panel, open SSH option and select Tunnels. Configure a new connection and use the parameters below:Ĭlick on Communications, and connect. To configure a PuTTY session for tunneling Telnet traffic, do the following: 1. After you are signed in, you must leave this window open to keep your tunnel active. Now you can launch your session and sign in to the secure shell. In the left pane, click on Session to bring up the following window. Select both Local ports accept connections from other hosts and Remote ports do the same.Ĭlick the Add button to place your tunnel configuration in the Forwarded ports window. localhost:23 will get you a Telnet connection. The Destination is the connection on your remote SSH machine. In the Port forwarding section, the Source Port is the source TCP/IP address you want assigned to your local host connection. Do not save this yet we have to configure the ports for tunneling.Ĭlick on the path to reach Tunnels ( Connection > SSH >Tunnels): Type the name you wish to use for the saved connection. Open PuTTY.EXE, configure your host name, and select SSH for port. To configure a PuTTY session for tunneling Telnet traffic, do the following: