Play your game's web build on the phone

Forward a port with -L and open it in your browser, then learn when -R and -D are the right tool.

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Step by step

Add a rule to the host
In the host editor, open the Tunnels block, then Port forwarding, and tap Add rule.
Where: HostTunnelsPort forwardingAdd rule
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Write a -L rule
Local port 8060 to localhost:8060 on the server. Whatever the dev box serves on port 8060 now opens on your phone, privately, over your SSH connection.
```
$ -L 8060:localhost:8060
```
Start it and open it
Start the rule (or let it start with the connection). A running rule shows the real port it got; tap open and your browser loads the page.

-R does the reverse: a port on the server reaches something on your phone's side.
-D opens a SOCKS5 proxy on the phone for apps that take a proxy setting.
A forwarded port opens only on your phone, so nothing else on your Wi-Fi can reach it.
Port 0 lets the system pick a free port; the rule then shows which one it got.