From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H2pqM-00042Y-QK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:14:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l05ECMwk030562; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:12:22 GMT Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l05E9cwZ031830 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:09:39 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na (vscan.iway.na [196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D0F64A8 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:09:35 +0200 (WAST) Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id D41C8B5128 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:09:35 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.35]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id JBEFC002.4YL for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:09:36 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H2p07-0006YB-RC for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:20:52 +0200 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Router for ssh tunnel/SOCKS proxy Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:20:51 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200701051223.06146.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200701051223.06146.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701051520.51749.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: effa97ec-dc91-4d81-94af-aa254ea595fa X-Archives-Hash: 1d72050f09288ca0f019ca175a0cdc6e On 05 January 2007 14:22, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Apologies for the off-topic post but I thought to ask here because there > have been a couple of threads in the past where embedded Linux OS' for > hardware routers were discussed and that may offer a solution to my > problem. > > I would like to be able to tunnel through ssh to my home router (netgear > DG834) from random public wifi access points, for the purpose of connecting > through my own ISP to the internet for internet browsing and email. What do you mean by tunnelling? Do you want an IP layer tunnelled through ssh? Bad idea! I means TCP over TCP which is bound to fail when the outer and inner TCP timeouts get out of sync. Uwe -- A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 Proof of concept of a TSP solver for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/epat-0.1.tar.bz2 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list