Simple ways to test ssh tunnel

[Mathieu Westphal]

Hello List,

I'm not enterelly sure that I'm on the rist place to ask this question,
sorry if not.
The question is simple, *how to test simply a ssh tunnel ?*

I just want to make sure the the tunnel i'm opening is letting information
goes through it without problem, and I want to avoid any other point of
failure when testing.

for example let's say I run

ssh -L 8080:localhost:11111 user at remote

What command could I then use to use this tunnel as simply as possible,
either on the client, the server or both.

Thanks,

Mathieu Westphal