Adding a Mapped Link

Adding a Mapped Link, Mapping Proxy, or Mapping service (they all mean the same thing) is simple.

To Add a Mapped link in WinGate follow these steps. Remember that a mapped link can connect to one machine only, so you have to know which machine you are going to connect to, and the port you are going to use.

Select the Socket type. This is probably going to be TCP, but some applications use UDP, and will tell you.

1. Open the services branch on the Configuration pane.

2. Right click on any service.

3. Select ‘NEW Service - TCP (or UDP) Mapping Service’.

4. Select ‘Enable connections on port’

5. Type in the port number to use on the local machine.

6. Select ‘Enable default remote host’

7. Type in the name of the remote machine (eg news.iprolink.co.nz)

8. Type in the port to use on the remote machine. *

9. Click OK. And you are done

* This is nearly always the same as you put in step 3.

Common Mappings.

Here are some typical mappings, and what they are used for.

Service	Port	What to do
Internet/Usenet News	119	Setup a TCP Mapped link on port 119, mapped to your news server on the same port.
IRC Chat	6667	Setup a TCP Mapped link on port 6667, mapped to your IRC server on the same port.
SMTP Mail (sending mail)	25	Setup a TCP Mapped link on port 25, mapped to your SMTP Mail server on the same port.
* DNS Service Mapping	53	Setup a UDP Mapped link to a DNS Server (probably your ISPs) on port 53. This is an alternative to using the WinGate DNS Service.

There are many other commonly mapped ports. Some of these are listed in the Application setup area.

See also:

Adding specific mappings