SBridge

SBridge connects two TCP/IP servers together creating a "bridge" for the data transfer between them. SBridge can be used to connect TCP/IP servers on the same machine or across any accessible network. SBridge can even be located on a third machine, transparently connecting two application servers for logging communications between them.

How does SBridge work?

SBridge is a command line utility that connects two TCP/IP servers together. It connects two IP addresses/port combinations with a bi-directional data bridge. All data sent from address A is sent to address B and all data received from B is sent to A.

When SBridge is started at the command line, SBridge attempts to connect to the servers and port numbers given as arguments. If the connections are successful, all data is passed over the "bridge" between the two servers.

What can SBridge do?

SBridge will :

What options are available for SBridge?

The SBridge command has the general form:

sbridge IPaddressA:portA IPaddressB:portB

For example to connect a server on the local computer to another computer on the network, the command might be.

sbridge 127.0.0.1:4040 192.168.1.1:8080

For example to connect two remote servers on the network, the command might be.

sbridge 10.0.0.1:4040 192.168.1.1:4040

Other options are:

Installation

There is no installer for SBridge. Installation is a simple process:

  1. Download the file.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file to any directory (location) on your hard drive. This location is the install directory. The executable files are located in the install directory. Note: in WindowsXP unzipping is natively supported. In other Windows versions you may need to obtain an unzip program (Google: unzip program).
  3. Add the installation directory to your PATH environment variable.

License

All downloads of SBridge (demo and full version) are subject to the  SBridge End User License Agreement.

Minimum System Requirements

(C) 2008. Eternity Software. All rights reserved. Glossary