Question

Currently I have an application that connects to a Terminal Server over TCP/IP using an IP address and a port. Is it possible for me to create a mock TCP/IP connection locally on my laptop so I can make the application to connect to a specific IP and port on my laptop?

I am a noob at networking, so please execuse if the question isn’t clear.

The reason I am trying to do this is, the application is listening to a specific port on a TCP/IP connection on the terminal server and I remotely send some data using VB macros to the same port. I would like to test the same locally in absence of a terminal server (just using my laptop) but when I run the application it can only connect using a TCP/IP connection.

The application is written in Java and can be run locally by providing an IP address and port to connect to, so I would like to see if I can make the application connect to my laptop as a TCP/IP connection.

Any inputs are appreciated.

Answer 1

Of course. Just run the mock on your local computer and on the client side use special 127.0.0.1 IP address or localhost name. On every computer it means the same machine. This is so-called loopback interface.