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| <div class="video-wrapper"> | ||||
|   <iframe width="320" height="180" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BubeVRmbCRM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> | ||||
| </div> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Downloading | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| MeshCentral router is a Windows application that comes built-into the MeshCentral server or can | ||||
| be downloaded at: <http://info.meshcentral.com/downloads/MeshCentral2/MeshCentralRouter.exe> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| It’s probably best to use the MeshCentral router that comes with your version of the MeshCentral | ||||
| server as the two will likely be most compatible. A given MeshCentral Router version may not | ||||
| work with any MeshCentral server versions. On MeshCentral, you can download MeshCentral | ||||
| Router with this link: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| _The router link will only show up on Windows browsers._ | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Login | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| MeshCentral router will need to login to your MeshCentral server just like any browser. You can | ||||
| do this by entering the server name and account username and password. Depending on your | ||||
| server and account situation, you may see some or all of the following screens. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| If the second factor authentication is required, MeshCentral Router does not support hardware | ||||
| keys (WebAuthn), but does support the YubiKey™ OTP. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Creating Port Maps | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Once logged in, you can start adding port maps using the “Add Map…” and “Add Relay Map…” | ||||
| buttons on the bottom right. You can then create a map and open the associated application | ||||
| using the “Open…” button and remote to port map using the “Remove” button. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| There are two different types of ports mappings. A normal port map and a relay port map. A | ||||
| normal port map will route packets to the selected destination computer that is running the mesh | ||||
| agent as shown here. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| A relay port map will route traffic thru the server and thru the remote agent to a target IP address | ||||
| on the remote agent’s network as shown here. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Note that all traffic is encrypted using TLS from MeshCentral Router to the MeshCentral server | ||||
| and from the server to the MeshAgent. The server and the agent do have access the traffic so it’s | ||||
| recommended to use port mappings to tunnel data that is also encrypted for that end-to-end | ||||
| encryption is assured. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Command Line Arguments | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| MeshCentral router can be run with command line arguments to make it quicker and easier to | ||||
| use. The arguments range from debugging to being able to quickly login and setting up port | ||||
| maps. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -debug | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Causes MeshCentral Router to generate a “debug.log” dump file that can be useful for | ||||
| debugging. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -host:<hostname> | ||||
| -user:<username> | ||||
| -pass:<password> | ||||
| -ignorecert | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This set of command line arguments make logging into the MeshCentral server easier. Note that | ||||
| specifying the password using a command line argument may not be secure as the command | ||||
| shell can record the password in the command history. The “ignorecert” argument is not | ||||
| recommended as it’s going to cause MeshCentral Router to ignore untrusted server certificates. | ||||
| This should only be used for debugging. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -map:<protocol>:<localport>:<computername>:<app>:<remoteport> | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The “map” argument will automatically create a network map once MeshCentral Router is logged | ||||
| In. The protocol must be “TCP” or “UDP, the local port can be 0 for any. The computer name is | ||||
| the server-side name of the computer, if many computers have the same one, one of them will be | ||||
| selected. The app can be empty for a custom application, or can be “HTTP”, “HTTPS”, “RDP”, | ||||
| “PuTTY” or “WinSCP”. For the UDP protocol, no apps are currently supported so it should be left | ||||
| blank. For example you can use: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -map:TCP:0:"MyComputer":HTTP:80 | ||||
| -map:UDP:1235:"MyComputer"::1234 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The first example will map a random local port to port 80 of “MyComputer” and is expected for | ||||
| use with HTTP traffic. The second example maps local UDP port 1235 to port 1234 on | ||||
| “MyComputer”. It’s best for the computer name to be in quotes. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| In addition to port mapping, you can also setup relay maps where a remote computer is used as a | ||||
| traffic relay like this: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -relaymap:<protocol>:<localport>:<computername> | ||||
|  :<app>:<remoteip>:<remoteport> | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This will relays a local port to thru the server and thru a remote agent to a target IP address and | ||||
| port. For example: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -relaymap:TCP:555:"MyComputer":HTTP:192.168.1.1:80 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This will relay local port 555 to a 192.168.1.1:80 for HTTP traffic. A typical use of this is to be able | ||||
| to remotely configure a home router from anywhere on the Internet. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -all | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The “all” switch will bind local ports to all network interfaces so that other computers on the | ||||
| network can use the port maps provided by MeshCentral Router. By default, local ports will be | ||||
| bound to the loopback interface so that only local application can use the port mappings. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```bash | ||||
| -tray | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The “tray” switch will place MeshCentral Router on the Windows system tray instead of the | ||||
| normal application bar. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Conclusion | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| MeshCentral, MeshCentral Router and this document are all opens source and licensed using | ||||
| Apache 2.0, the full license can be found at <https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>. | ||||
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