PortMarshaller

PortMarshaller is a lightweight utility designed to forward ports via TCP and IP connection as well as to monitor the network. It gives you the possibility to manage access control lists, view connection logs and session statistics, among others.

Following a speedy setup operation that shouldn't give you any trouble, the service gets started automatically but you can access Configurator.exe to stop the service and modify connection settings, if necessary. This focuses on the access mode (enabled, locked, disabled), whether or not to use IIS (Internet Information Services), user name, password, local address and port. Changes are committed by clicking "Update" and the service can be restarted right away.

To reach the main control panel of PortMarshaller, you can either open a web browser and type the local address and port used in the Configurator, or just click the link available in this window. You can view the PortMarshaller administrator settings, including the name, local address, buffer size, status, startup type and properties, together with the remote host address and service of each connection made to your network.

New accounts can be added by filling out these details. You can check out access control lists and modify properties with the allow and deny lists, or examine and edit connection logs when it comes to the status of opened, closed and blocked logs.

It's also possible to view session and historical statistics with the number of active, closed, blocked and failed connections of each account, in addition to the read and written bytes of the client and server. The program's log can be viewed too, in order to find out general details about its activity.

All aspects considered, PortMarshaller delivers a straightforward solution for forwarding ports and monitoring the network. It worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests and had minimal impact on the computer's performance.